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Body of Vihaan Pullamsetti Found in Weston Canal, Officials Say

Officials confirmed Monday morning that the boy’s body was found in a canal.

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The search for a Tampa toddler who was reported missing Sunday while visiting family in Weston has ended.

A Florida missing child alert has been issued for an 18-month-old boy, Vihaan Pullamsetti.

He said he believes the boy wandered off during a moment when no one was looking.

Vihaan Pullamsetti, who is 2 feet tall and weighs 45 pounds, was last seen around 4 p.m.at an apartment complex in Weston, west of Fort Lauderdale. BSO also dispatched divers to hit the area’s canals and ponds.

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“We’ll dive all night if we have to”, Israel told the media Sunday night. Deputies, bloodhounds and helicopters assisted neighbors and family members in a large-scale search for the boy. “(He was a) very loving and very active kid, and we don’t have him now”, Kishore Ambatipupi said.

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