Searchers find body of 5-year-old Josue Ramirez-Marinero
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Alissa Skelton and Kevin Cole
Family members and friends of 5-year-old Josue Ramirez-Marinero learned this morning that searchers had discovered the boy’s body.
Josue’s brother Roberto Martinez-Marinero, 25, told authorities last week that he threw Josue into the Elkhorn River. That led about 100 federal, state and local law enforcement officials and divers to search the area in and around the river at the U.S. Highway 275 (West Center Road) bridge. The search began Friday and continued through the weekend and into Monday.
The body was spotted by searchers on a Waterloo rescue boat at 10:23 a.m. Monday a mile downstream of the bridge, Omaha Police Capt. Kerry Neumann said early this afternoon at the bridge. The body was on the river’s east bank, stuck in tree branches.
At 11:30 a.m., Neumann said, Omaha Fire Department divers recovered the body with the help of the Waterloo crew. The body will be examined by crime lab technicians to confirm its identity.
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He was dead before the Amber Alert was issued. See last Thursdays LBN post: Nebraska AMBER Alert UPDATE body found in Omaha is likely mother of toddler found in La Vista trash: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141087543
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Last Thursday in GD I was so quick to assume a child found in a dumpster was a bad parent. The next day when the news broke I felt so bad.
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poor little guy never stood a chance 
fyi for those unaware, Josue is pronounced "ho-sway"
Thoughts and prayers for the little one's family members.
