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By Justin Goulet/ LethbridgeNewsNow

UPDATE: RCMP confirm discovery of child’s body along St. Mary River

Jun 21, 2020 | 4:16 PM

WOOLFORD PROV. PARK, AB – UPDATE: The RCMP have confirmed that a child has died after going missing from Woolford Provincial Park on Saturday.

Officials say on June 20 at around 5:30 p.m., the Cardston RCMP detachment responded to a report of a missing four-year-old child at the park, which is located in Cardston County.

With the assistance of Lethbridge Search and Rescue, RCMP Police Dog Services and Air Services, as well as a number of volunteers, RCMP searched throughout the evening and night to locate the young child.

On Sunday, June 21, at around 11:30 a.m., as a result of information from a local in the area, RCMP boat operators found the four-year-old child deceased on a sand bar of the St. Mary River, a few kilometres downstream from Woolford Park.

RCMP say the name of the child will not be released, and no further details will be provided.

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Details are scarce, but there have been reports of a body being discovered at Woolford Provincial Park.

The park is east of Cardston and situated along the St. Mary River.

According to reports, a four-year-old boy with Autism strayed away from his family at the park on Saturday, June 20.

Unconfirmed reports say a body has been discovered.

Lethbridge News Now has reached out to the RCMP for further details and is currently awaiting a response.