The Plainfield Police Department released the following statement Friday evening following the discovery of a body matching the description of missing 4-year-old Fiedwenya 'Neegee' Fiefe.
PLAINFIELD – The more than day-long search for missing 4-year-old Fiedwenya"Neegee" Fiefe ended tragically Friday evening as a body matching her description was recovered in a body of water in the Legacy Farms neighborhood.Despite the valiant efforts of our citizens, volunteers, police, fire, along with local and state agencies, the search for missing NeeGee has come to a devastating and heartbreaking end.
“Any child that’s missing, even for five minutes, it's devastating for everyone involved,” Plainfield Deputy Police Chief Joe Aldridge said."We are a community of values and all the people of the community cares.”More than 500 people were on the ground during the search, leading to police to say they needed no more volunteers.
Aldridge said crews were leaving no stone unturned during the search. In addition to to teams walking, searchers used sonar, ATVs, horses and all other tools at their disposal to search for her. Each of the ponds in the neighborhood were searched two or three times, but due to the murky, dark water, police said it was difficult to find things.
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