Body of boy missing from a Greenville Co. elementary school found in nearby pond, deputies say

SHELTERS THERE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NEED. TONIGHT, A TRAGIC ENDING IN THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING EIGHT YEAR OLD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY LEONEL CERVANTES BODY WAS FOUND IN A POND. HE WENT MISSING FROM BELLS CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SIMPSONVILLE, JUST HOURS EARLIER. TONIGHT, THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR A LIFE GONE TOO SOON. HIS FAMILY AND HIS CLASSMATES AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOURN. OUR NATE STANLEY WAS AT THE VIGIL TONIGHT AND HE HAS NEW INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THESE SCENES AND THESE SITUATIONS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST TERRIBLE CASES THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED SEES. AN AGONIZING AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF EIGHT YEAR OLD LEONEL CERVANTES. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOW SAY CERVANTES WAS IN A CLASSROOM WITH TWO OTHER STUDENTS AND THREE STAFF MEMBERS WHEN HE RAN OUT OF SCHOOL AROUND 11 THURSDAY MORNING. STAFF MEMBERS CHASED HIM, BUT THEN LOST SIGHT OF HIM WHEN HE RAN INTO A FIELD WITH TALL GRASS. THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER CALLED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HELP. A LOT OF LOT OF BROKEN HEARTS IN THE SCHOOL IN THIS COMMUNITY TODAY. WE WANT TO THANK THIS COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT TO HELP SEARCH FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. WE HAD NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS TO SHOW UP AND TRY TO HELP SEARCH THE WOODS AND TRY TO LOCATE HIM. FOUR HOURS LATER, OFFICIALS FOUND HIS BODY IN A POND NEAR THE SCHOOL. GREENVILLE COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY CORONER MIKE ELLIS SAYS THE BODY WAS LIKELY IN THE WATER FOR CLOSE TO AN HOUR. WE SAW NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA, NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER. THE LITTLE FELLOW WAS FULLY CLOTHED AND DIDN'T SEE ANY TYPE OF INJURIES. THURSDAY NIGHT, A PRAYER VIGIL WAS HELD JUST A MILE FROM WHERE LEONEL WAS FOUND. BOBBY TELLS US THAT WE'RE TO WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP. MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN AND CELEBRATE WITH THOSE WHO CELEBRATE. BUT TONIGHT, OUR HEARTS ARE GRIEVING WITH THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, LOVED ONES. THE SCHOOL. AND ANOTHER SHOW OF THE COMMUNITY. SUPPORT CAN BE SEEN HERE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEHIND ME. THERE IS A SMALL MEMORIAL THAT HAS BEEN SET UP HERE OUTSIDE OF BELL'S CROSSING WITH STUFFED ANIMALS, A CANDLE, SOME FLOWERS AS WELL AS A NOTE. THERE IN THAT PAPER. NOW GRIEF COUNSELORS WILL BE ON HAND HERE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

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