The father of Noah Woods has described him as ‘the sweetest and most innocent boy’ after the youngster is believed to have drowned in a pond after running away from a relative.
The three-year-old was last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon when he raced away from a play area for under fives in the village of Brantham, Suffolk.
The disappearance of Noah, who headed down an alleyway leading towards woodland and a large pond, sparked a huge search involving hundreds of volunteers, police, Coastguards and firefighters.
Suffolk Police confirmed this afternoon that the body of a child recovered by police divers in Decoy
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