The mother of Kaden Young is thanking everyone who helped search for her son, noting the search "has finally come to an end."
"The amount of support was absolutely incredible and we really can't thank everyone enough," Michelle Hansen wrote in a Facebook post on April 22.
The previous day police reported the body of a “young person” was found underneath the north side of the Belwood bridge.
OPP officials would not confirm the identity, but many people involved in the search for Young, including Hansen and other family members, were gathered at the scene.
"It has been a long, extremely draining two months of serching and now has finally come to an end," Hansen wrote on Facebook.
She thanked everyone who helped search for her 3-year-old son and added funeral arrangements would be finalized later in the week.
Young went missing on Feb. 21 after Hansen lost hold of the boy when the vehicle they were in was swept into the Grand River by fast-moving flood waters on the 10th Line near Waldemar. A significant amount of rainfall between Feb. 19 and 22 closed roads and caused flooding along the Grand River.
Stands of blue lights and ribbons were set up along the Belwood bridge and stuffed animals were fastened to poles in the area where the body was discovered.
