The search continued Friday for two boys believed to have been thrown in the Ohio River and just after 8 p.m., a Dearborn County water rescue team came in with a boat after dogs sniffed out a "possible target."Friday's search was supposed to end around 8 p.m. but after possible detection, lights have been lit in the area as investigators continue their work.A few dozen volunteers joined North Star Search and Recovery and Ohio LandSAR in Lawrenceburg in search of 3-year-old Nylo Lattimore and 6-year-old James Hutchinson."It just felt like the thing to do. I'm a mom, and sitting at home, there was nothing I could do. So, I wanted to come out here and help search," said volunteer, Kelley Workman.Peter Ehoodin also volunteered his time."It's the thing to do. I'm retired. I can't sit at home and watch it, so that's why I'm here," Ehoodin said.Crews planned on searching 86 acres of land called the Oxbow."This was one of the main areas that we wanted to get to, and we absolutely could not get to it. We couldn't even get the water cadaver dogs in there," said North Star spokesperson, Tracey Campbell. "We kept thinking the water was going to subside. It would dry out, but then we'd get another day of rain."Now, the floodplain near the Carol Cropper bridge is dry.That's the bridge where Middletown police said James was thrown into the river by his mother and her boyfriend in February. Investigators said the couple tied a concrete block to his body before they threw him in.Investigators in Hamilton County said Nylo was tossed in about 17 miles upriver by his mother's boyfriend in December."We're not going to stop until we succeed in our mission, and it's to bring those boys home," Campbell said.
The search continued Friday for two boys believed to have been thrown in the Ohio River and just after 8 p.m., a Dearborn County water rescue team came in with a boat after dogs sniffed out a "possible target."
Friday's search was supposed to end around 8 p.m. but after possible detection, lights have been lit in the area as investigators continue their work.
A few dozen volunteers joined North Star Search and Recovery and Ohio LandSAR in Lawrenceburg in search of 3-year-old Nylo Lattimore and 6-year-old James Hutchinson.
"It just felt like the thing to do. I'm a mom, and sitting at home, there was nothing I could do. So, I wanted to come out here and help search," said volunteer, Kelley Workman.
Peter Ehoodin also volunteered his time.
"It's the thing to do. I'm retired. I can't sit at home and watch it, so that's why I'm here," Ehoodin said.
Crews planned on searching 86 acres of land called the Oxbow.
"This was one of the main areas that we wanted to get to, and we absolutely could not get to it. We couldn't even get the water cadaver dogs in there," said North Star spokesperson, Tracey Campbell. "We kept thinking the water was going to subside. It would dry out, but then we'd get another day of rain."
Now, the floodplain near the Carol Cropper bridge is dry.
That's the bridge where Middletown police said James was thrown into the river by his mother and her boyfriend in February. Investigators said the couple tied a concrete block to his body before they threw him in.
Investigators in Hamilton County said Nylo was tossed in about 17 miles upriver by his mother's boyfriend in December.
"We're not going to stop until we succeed in our mission, and it's to bring those boys home," Campbell said.
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