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Im friends with the kids cousin. Sad story, RIP.
Update:
Twelve-year-old Drake Walker was found dead in a pond in west Conway at the close of a one and a half hour search Saturday.
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Rescue crews, family and friends began searching for Walker after he went missing while on a walk with a friend in the area of Bay Hill Drive, authorities said.
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"The friend and the boy were walking, and the friend said he turned around and the boy was gone," Conway Police Department officer Sean Canady said.
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Authorities were notified Walker was missing just before 6 p.m., shortly after a thunderstorm hit the area.
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Walker's body was pulled from a pond near the Centennial Valley neighborhood in west Conway by Conway Fire Department's rescue squad at about 7:30 p.m.
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"Speculation at the scene was that he was swept through rushing water to the drainage culvert that delivered him to the pond," Canady said.
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Canady said the friend who reported Walker missing was unharmed.
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Walker was a student at Ruth Doyle Middle School.*
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Canady said the school's resource officer has been notified, and grief counseling will be made available for students returning to school Tuesday.
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"Neighbors, everyone in the area and the community was out searching for the boy within minutes of the call coming out," Canady said.
Update:
Twelve-year-old Drake Walker was found dead in a pond in west Conway at the close of a one and a half hour search Saturday.
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Rescue crews, family and friends began searching for Walker after he went missing while on a walk with a friend in the area of Bay Hill Drive, authorities said.
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"The friend and the boy were walking, and the friend said he turned around and the boy was gone," Conway Police Department officer Sean Canady said.
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Authorities were notified Walker was missing just before 6 p.m., shortly after a thunderstorm hit the area.
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Walker's body was pulled from a pond near the Centennial Valley neighborhood in west Conway by Conway Fire Department's rescue squad at about 7:30 p.m.
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"Speculation at the scene was that he was swept through rushing water to the drainage culvert that delivered him to the pond," Canady said.
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Canady said the friend who reported Walker missing was unharmed.
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Walker was a student at Ruth Doyle Middle School.*
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Canady said the school's resource officer has been notified, and grief counseling will be made available for students returning to school Tuesday.
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"Neighbors, everyone in the area and the community was out searching for the boy within minutes of the call coming out," Canady said.
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