3 Missing Vt. children found dead

[lady-eowyn]

BARRE, Vt. May 26, 2005 — The bodies of three children reported missing after they went into the woods to play were found Thursday morning, officials said.

Police identified the missing children as Justin Nutbrown, 13, Joshua Nutbrown, 11, and Allison Hansen, 11.

Barre Police Chief Trevor Whipple said there was no indication of foul play.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=793120 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=793120)

[Sudzi]

This is so sad.

With the weather around here the past few weeks, streams & rivers that are usually calm and crossable can and do change in a heartbeat.
Barre is a small close community, this is a huge loss.

[amycg]

:(

That is so sad...I wonder what happened to these poor kids...

[lady-eowyn]

I have a feeling since there was mention of the river in the story that drowning was a possibility...how sad and tragic for the families of these children

[lady-eowyn]

"I am fairly confident in saying it is my belief that this is a tragic accident," police Chief Trevor Whipple said. "Information we have seen at the scene indicates they were playing around, perhaps in the brook. The brook is lined with very slippery rocks."

Authorities say their investigation is continuing but they may never know if one child fell in and the others attempted a rescue or whether all three slipped into the water while racing around the rocks.

"I am led to believe this probably happened at the same time," Whipple said.


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=793567

[Sudzi]

I was just watching the Police Chief and the Mayor on TV... this is just so sad.

These 3 kids were in 5th. 6th., & 7th. grade...... so this is touching so many kids, they have more than a dozen grief counselors at the middle school today.
That may not sound like a lot to most people, but this is Vermont... and thats a lot.