MISSING – Titus Grayson Tackett
He has been missing about 12 hours now and was last seen in iron County Missouri. pic.twitter.com/aAGdZMNQvc
— Lisa Barger (@lisabarger) February 10, 2016
IRONTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a missing 3-year-old southeast Missouri boy whose parents feared he had wandered away has been found dead in a van.
Andrew Cole, who assists the Iron County coroner, says the body of Titus Greyson Tackett was found Wednesday morning in the neighbor’s van about half a mile from his home. The boy was wearing only underwear and wrapped in a blanket.
A search began early Wednesday after the family reported the boy missing. Authorities used a helicopter and dogs to search for him as temperatures dipped into the teens.
His cause of death is under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.