Missing 2-year-old dies after being found unresponsive in rural creek

MITCHELL COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) — A young boy who was reported missing and later found in a creek has died.

The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched to a rural part of the county late last Thursday after receiving a report that a 2-year-old boy was missing.

Multiple agencies were called in to assist with the search in an area northwest of Beloit in the 2100 block of 290th Road.

Authorities said the child was found unresponsive in a water-filled creek near his home just after 1:30 a.m. Friday.

On Friday afternoon, a local funeral home confirmed that the child died.