Body Of Missing Teen Found After Being Swept Away By Arkansas River

A 13-year-old boy remains missing on Tuesday morning after he has swept away in the Arkansas River. According to the Tulsa Sheriff's Department, a call came in around 9:30 on Monday night for five young boys who ran away from the Tulsa Boys Home.

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 12:12 pm

By: News On 6


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**Update** Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputies say they have found the body of 13-year-old Rylan Harris.


The search continues on Tuesday morning for a 13-year-old boy who was swept away in the Arkansas River.

Around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, crews say they found footprints that are helping their search. Oklahoma Highway Patrol has had two airboats and a helicopter out Tuesday morning to resume the search after it was called off at 1 a.m. due to being too dark out here to see anything.

"It does give us hope that we have a better idea of what we are looking at and which way we need to search from there we are also working with the Corp of engineers to get the water levels adjusted so the boats can move a bit better," said Justin Green with TCSO.

According to the Tulsa Sheriff's Department, a call came in around 9:30 p.m. on Monday for five young boys who had run away from the Tulsa Boys Home.

Authorities began searching the area and were able to find three of the boys standing on a sand bar in the river after they heard them calling for help near the Highway 97 bridge. Deputies were able to bring them to safety, but the three boys said that the other two were swept away by the river. One of them, who was swept away by the river, was able to make it out of the water on his own, but 13-year-old Rylan Harris remains missing.

According to Deputies, Harris was last seen wearing a white jacket and blue pants. Green says the search will resume with multiple agencies' boats, helicopters, and foot patrol until they are able to find Harris.

This is a developing story, stay with News On 6 for updates..

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