The search for a nine-year-old boy abducted from his mother’s car by two men has ended in tragedy after police found him dead in a lake on Friday.
Alejandro Ripley, 9, was abducted by two men shortly before 9pm on Thursday. He was taken from his mother’s car by two men looking to score drugs in Miami, Florida and hadn’t been seen since.
CBS Miami said authorities confirmed on Friday that a body discovered floating in a lake at the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club was that of Alejandro.
Alejandro was found just 4 miles from the spot he was taken, and the cause or manner of his death has not yet been confirmed.
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