The search for a missing child ended in heartbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Baraboo, Wisconsin, rescuers raced to find 10-year-old Kodie Dutcher after she vanished on a July afternoon, leaving her phone and shoes behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the next morning, a discovery near her home had shattered hopes of a safe return, while the information released by authorities still left heartbreaking questions unan\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kodie was last seen around 4 p.m. on July 6, 2020, in the 1100 block of 12th Street in Baraboo. Police responded to an apartment complex that afternoon and spoke with her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concerned that the child was vulnerable and needed urgent help, authorities issued an Amber Alert. Officers, Baraboo Fire Department personnel, and K-9 teams from Wisconsin Dells joined the effort to locate her, searching nearby areas for any sign of where she had gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At approximately 11 a.m. on July 7, authorities located Kodie\u2019s body near 11th Street and County Highway T. The search became an investigation into the circumstances of her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The information provided did not establish a cause, leaving no basis for speculation about what happened. For those who loved Kodie and those who worked to find her, the outcome meant confronting the loss of a child they had hoped to bring home safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n