First responders say the body of a missing 4-year old boy who was last seen near a private pond in Iredell County was recovered late Monday night.
Crews were called to a pond a few blocks off of Lake Norman on the Mooresville side on reports of a missing person. Iredell County says crews are looking for a 4-year-old named Cullen Anthony Lintzenich.
Authorities say Cullen was last seen last been seen out playing in the yard on his electric Power Wheels jeep. The jeep had been located in a pond which was located on the property at 123 Craftsman Loop in southern Iredell County.
A detailed land search, door-to-door search and search of the pond was conducted, and a reverse 911 call was made to a two-mile radius of the area.
Over 100 members of the community responded to the scene to assist in the ground search operation which were led by Iredell Search and Rescue. Air support was brought in from Charlotte Mecklenburg PD.
While firefighters did tactical scans of the private pond off of Craftsman Loop in Mooresville, Michael and Stacey Keaton were two of many volunteers searching the surrounding areas on foot. They say they feel like they can relate to this situation, because they, too, have a 3-year-old child.
"We would want anyone else to help," Stacey said. "We would want everyone else to help, if it was ours."
"Can't imagine a parent going through something like this," Michael said. "So my wife and I are just coming out here just to search and do whatever we can. We just feel like we need to be a part of it."