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Police Find Body of South Dakota Boy in Missouri River

police-lights-redYANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in Yankton have recovered the body of a 6-year-old southeastern South Dakota boy.

Yankton Police Chief Brian Paulsen says they found the body of Lincoln Hilt about 28 feet off shore in the Missouri River.

The Hurley boy went missing Sunday night while fishing with family from the docks at a Yankton city park. He had received a fishing pole as an Easter gift.

Family members last saw him sitting on the dock, which authorities say they found him about 100 yards from Friday.

Authorities from various South Dakota and Nebraska agencies had searched for Hilt all week using dive teams, airplanes and dogs. The windy, rainy weather had slowed search crews.

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