Boy, 3, drowns in Ohio river; brother, 2, missing

Associated Press

ZANESVILLE, Ohio

Authorities say a 3-year-old boy drowned in an Ohio river near a family campsite, and his 2-year-old half-brother is missing.

They say the boys’ family from Zanesville had been camping near a dam at Muskingum River State Park, about 50 miles east of Columbus.

Muskingum County officials say the family awoke Saturday morning and realized the boys were missing. Searchers found the older boy’s body hours later, about a mile south of the spillway at the dam.

Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff LeCocq tells The Columbus Dispatch that police dogs tracked the scent of both boys to the edge of the water. Searchers using boats and planes have continued to look for the missing toddler in the river.

The names of the boys have not been released.