Missing 2-year-old boy from Webster County found dead in pond, half-mile from family home

By JOEL McNEECE
A 2-year-old Webster County boy who had been missing since Sunday afternoon was found dead Monday morning in a pond approximately a half mile from his home.

Kyle Mitchell, 2, was found at approximately 8:45 a.m. by a team of searchers that included Calhoun County officials.

Calhoun County law enforcement officers and firemen joined in the search for the 2-year-old before daybreak Monday morning.

Calhoun Sheriff Greg Pollan said 18 people from Calhoun had joined the coordinated search early Monday morning after an "amber alert" was issued late Sunday.

Mitchell was playing in the front yard of his parents' Tomnolen home when they noticed him missing around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Webster County Sheriff's Department.

In addition to Calhoun, officials from other surrounding counties joined in the search that included helicopters surveying the area. The land surrounding the home was described as "very wooded with tall grasses."

via calhouncountyjournal.com