Update 6:25 p.m. May 23, 2024: The Otero County Coroner’s Office determined 3-year-old Amari Galan died from an accidental drowning, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday.
Police are still investigating the boy’s death and will submit their findings to the 16th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the agency said in an news release.
Original story: The body of a 3-year-old boy with special needs who was reported missing Saturday morning from Rocky Ford was found in a canal, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Amari Galan was last seen around 4 a.m. Saturday. Officials believed he left his home near the 900 block of Washington Street on foot wearing only a diaper, according to a CBI missing person alert posted around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Officials searched the Catlin irrigation canal, which runs directly behind the child’s home, on foot. Amari’s body was found in the canal several miles downstream from his home around 5 p.m. Sunday, according to an update.
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