8/1/2021- 5:38 p.m.
A 39-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy have since been arrested on suspicion of murder, a South Wales Police spokesman said today.
The body of a five-year-old boy was recovered from a river in Wales by police after being called for reports of a missing child.
Officers were called to the Sarn area in Bridgend, South Wales, at 5:45 a.m. Saturday. The boy’s body was found in the Ogmore River.
Chief Inspector Geraint White said, “Our condolences go out to the boy’s family and our thoughts are with them.
Large areas of Pandy Park in Sarn were closed off as forensic police teams searched the area with their fingertips.
The boy, who has yet to be identified, was reported missing from his home in South Wales around 5:45am on Saturday morning.
His body was later found in the River Ogmore, and he was pronounced dead after being taken to Bridgend’s Princess of Wales Hospital.
“This is an extensive and sensitive investigation and many people have been affected by this death.”
Dozens of officers, forensic teams and police divers searched the playing field and paths between Sarn and the river where the boy’s body was found.
