Authorities in Hammond have located a body in the Little Calumet River, just yards from the hotel where a 12-year-old boy was reported missing earlier this month.
According to officials with the Hammond Police Department, the body was found and pulled out of the river on Monday night. The body was located approximately 30-40 yards to the west of the Best Western hotel.
It was that hotel where Kyrin Carter, 12, was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. on May 15. Carter, who is on the autism spectrum, was seen on surveillance footage walking away from the hotel.
Hammond police have not confirmed the identity of the individual found in the river, but have scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference for Tuesday to give updates to the public.
Dozens of family members and volunteers have scoured the area surrounding the hotel ever since Carter’s disappearance, which occurred when he was traveling to Indiana with his mother Danielle Duckworth for a family gathering.
Police had followed up on multiple sightings of the boy, but to no avail.
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