WATCH: Authorities Give Update On Missing Okemah Boy Found Dead

A missing two-year-old boy has been found dead on Monday evening.

Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police requested Oklahoma Highway Patrol Emergency Rescue Team to respond to Okfuskee County to search for the missing boy.

OHP resources arrived and began searching for hours. A team from Pontotoc County and Colgate Fire found the boy’s body 0.64 miles south of his home around 6:15 p.m.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police are investigating.