Florida boy Johnathan Boley found dead after he went missing with his dog in Alabama on New Years Eve

A missing 4-year-old Florida boy was found dead after he disappeared alongside his dog on New Year’s Eve while visiting his father in Alabama for the holidays.Officials recovered the remains of Johnathan Boley on Friday afternoon in a wooded area two miles from home alongside his loyal black Labrador mix Buck, who was found alive at the child’s side after an extensive search that spanned three days, WBRC reported.“It is with great sadness that I’m here to announce that we located Johnathan, and Johnathan is deceased,” Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told reporters Friday.“Like so many of you across our community, we’re devastated by this news,” Smith said.“Johnathan was an adventurous boy, and he loved the outdoors.”Boley, known by his family as “John John,” lived in Florida with his mother after his parents separated and was visiting his father in Jasper, Ala.

— roughly 50 miles northwest of Birmingham — at the time of his disappearance.The boy was last seen at his father’s home at around 11:30 a.m.Wednesday, when he was playing outside along the fence line with his older brother and the pooch, according to Smith.The unidentified sibling said his brother had gone over the fence line with Buck on the 7000 block of Highway 195.The boy’s father, Jameson Kyle Boley, reported his son missing just before 12:30 p.m.The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy was wearing a yellow Mickey Mouse shirt, black pants and “Paw Patrol” shoes at the time of his disappearance, according to the since-closed Alabama Missing Persons alert.Officials believed Boley was “in danger” and launched a multi-agency search for the missing child.The Walker County Sheriff’s Office set out to find Boley over the course of three days with the assistance of the FBI and several local police departments.Drones, helicopters, tracking dogs and divers were all used in the multi-day search while dive teams were deployed to a nearby pond.Boley’s mother had traveled to Alab...