LAURINBURG, N.C. -- Investigators believe they've discovered the body of 4-year-old Raul Gonzalez Johnson who vanished in Scotland County Wednesday.
Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey and FBI officials said during a press conference that the incident appeared to be accidental.
The body was found in a pond off Peabridge Road. On Thursday, crews looked in a pond near the family's home because K9 units led them there. They did not find anything, but decided to drain the pond.
The Scotland County Medical Examiner's Office must still confirm the identity and cause of death. Raul's family has been notified.
More than a dozen ground search teams of fire and rescue personnel from across North Carolina and the FBI assisted in the search.
Raul Gonzalez Johnson's grandfather says he was cooking in the kitchen when he lost track of his grandson.
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