Found Deceased Ok - Ares Muse, 2, Okemah, 12 Sept 2022

[imstilla.grandma]

3 locks before exterior door? Right? So is exterior door not locked? Cause that would make four.
*eta:
The father told DPS that the child was able to get past three locking mechanisms prior to opening an exterior door.

Missing 2-Year-Old Found Dead In Okfuskee County, Authorities Confirm

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

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police are investigating.

WATCH: Authorities Give Update On Missing Okemah Boy Found Dead

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

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[linds1393]

Poor baby!!!

 

[LauraAnne]

When you look at where 56 meets with 1100, there are a LOT of little ponds. It seems likely he might have drowned. Such a sweet looking face - gone way too soon.

 

[linds1393]

When you look at where 56 meets with 1100, there are a LOT of little ponds. It seems likely he might have drowned. Such a sweet looking face - gone way too soon.

Can you attach a map? I can't figure this out apparently.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Salsman couldn't say how the boy died or where exactly he was found, only that it was within the search area. However, an email from the Department of Public Safety received by the Tulsa World indicates that a team from Pontotoc County and the Colgate Fire Department found Ares' body about six-tenths of a mile south of his home.

"Right now we just ask that prayers that were prayed today from all over Oklahoma shift those prayers now to the family and to the law enforcement that poured their hearts into today's search," Salsman said.

Update: Missing toddler found dead near Okemah home

Ares Muse, 2, was reported missing about 1:30 a.m., and more than 20 agencies assisted in the search for the toddler.

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[LauraAnne]

Can you attach a map? I can't figure this out apparently.

I had a hard time with this too. This is basically where it is. A little bit southwest of R&G Auto Service on Hwy 56.

You can see that large pond, that's basically kittycorner from the auto service station across Hwy 56.

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[Sincerely]

Devastating news! My goodness. Prayers for all impacted. I want to know more though. I wonder where the dog is?

 

[samsmom]

Gray Hughes discusses (first story)

 

[Warwick7]

Found deceased

Missing 2-Year-Old Found Dead After Multi-Agency Search In Okfuskee County

A two-year-old boy missing in Okfuskee County was found dead around 6:15 p.m. on Monday, authorities said.

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NOOOO!!!

 

[SpicyFruit]

3 locking mechanisms. Maybe 1 or two were baby gates? One of my toddlers was climbing baby gates by the time they were 13 months old. They could unlock most doors way before age 2. We had to get those really high slide locks, but around age 4 they were able to get past that with a chair but probably could have done it at 2 if they had found something tall enough. But we just installed an alarm once we realized how determined they were. But not everyone has that option.

 

[LauraAnne]

Two points. This didn't start out as a criminal investigation, and locating his remains didn't change that status. And Ares "may" have been the son of a county deputy.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1142114333074009

 

[LauraAnne]

Just an idle thought. I wonder if the info about the dog being missing was a complete red herring - somehow, a story of a local missing dog coming over police scanner got jumbled up into this story and it was reported as one story by a reporter listening in? There's been no update whatsoever about the dog that was supposedly with him, that I've seen.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I am so sorry for his family's loss. Sincere condolences.

 

[MrsWatson]

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article265715436.html

It’s unclear how Ares died. Law enforcement officials are conducting an investigation, and Salsman said the family was cooperating with officials.

 

[Kaylison]

Any updates on this? How heartbreaking.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Video:
The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's report confirms that Ares Muse died by drowning.

Muse disappeared from his Okemah home in September 2022. 2 News Oklahoma responded to the area while they searched.

Okemah toddler died from drowning after disappearing from home in 2022

The toddler died in 2022 after wandering away from their home in Okemah. Now the official cause of death is released.

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