Overview
- The child was reported missing Saturday evening, triggering an overnight search across Steenwijk.
- More than 600 volunteers assisted police, firefighters, the Veteranen Search Team and the Coördinatie Platform Vermissing Urk.
- Search efforts covered land, water and areas beneath the ice as operations intensified at first light.
- Divers from the National Underwater Search Team recovered the body from the Steenwijkerdiep in the afternoon.
- Responders had received a 21:30 report of a person in the water at the canal and observed tracks on the ice nearby.