Overview
- Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith announced Friday that search crews found Johnathan Everett Boley deceased about two miles from the Jasper residence.
- The family's black Labrador retriever was discovered alive beside the child when his body was located.
- The boy's father, Jameson Kyle Boley, was arrested on unlawful manufacture of a destructive device and two counts of chemical endangerment of a child, which authorities emphasize are unrelated to the disappearance.
- The cause of death has not been released and the investigation remains active as local, state and federal authorities continue their work; the child was in Alabama for a holiday visitation with his father.
- The search spanned more than 500 acres with helicopters, drones, K‑9 teams and divers, guided in part by the 6‑year‑old brother’s account of a last sighting near a fence line.