Three-year-old Dominick Wesley Arceneaux went missing from his home in Chidister, Arkansas, on February 10, 2009. On February 18, 2009, Ouachita County Sheriff David Norwood announced that Arceneaux's body had been found in the lake near his family home. Norwood reported that the body had been sent for an autopsy and although foul play was not suspected, "nothing's been ruled out."FOX News: Sherrif: Body Found in Arkansas Identified as Missing 3-Year-Old Boy (February 18, 2009)
Disappearance and Tragic Find
Three-year-old Dominick Arceneaux disappeared from his parents' home on February 10, 2009. Police searched the area within one mile of the boy's home in Chidister, Arkansas and dragged nearby lower White Oak Lake, but found no evidence of the boy. An Amber Alert was issued and the FBI became involved when authorities began to suspect that Arceneaux may have been abducted.KTHV: Press Conference For Missing Toddler (Time: 25:55) Eight days after he disappeared, authorities discovered his body floating in White Oak Lake, about 300 feet from his home.
Dominick Wesley Arceneaux News
FOX News: Sherrif: Body Found in Arkansas Identified as Missing 3-Year-Old Boy (February 18, 2009)
KTHV: Update: FBI Says Missing Toddler May Have Been Kidnapped (February 16, 2009)
CNN: FBI asks for help to find missing boy (February 16, 2009)
Fox16: Morgan Nick Amber Alert: FBI call case a possible abduction (February 16, 2009)
FOX News: FBI Joins Search for Missing Arkansas Boy, 3 (February 16, 2009)
KTHV: Press Conference For Missing Toddler (Time: 25:55)
