Child's Body Found In S.E. Georgia Landfill, Tentatively Identified as Missing Florida Girl Somer Thompson

BREAKING:  BODY FOUND IN S.E. GEORGIA LANDFILL TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS SOMER THOMPSON!!!!!

Clay County, Fla., authorities said the body of a small child was found in a landfill near Folkston, Ga., where Orange Park's garbage is dumped. Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said he fears it may be the body of seven year old Somer Thompson. The detectives said the body was found at about 3:30 p.m. at a the Chesser Island Landfill in Charlton County.

According to media reports, more than 100 law enforcement officers, twice that many U.S. Navy personnel, and a team of mounted search-and-rescue volunteers thoroughly searched northern Clay County Wednesday, looking for the girl who vanished without a trace Monday afternoon while walking home from school.

The child Somer is described as 3 feet 5 inches tall and 65 pounds with brown hair in a ponytail with a red bow. She was last seen wearing a cranberry-colored sweatsuit with pink stripes on the sleeve and pants. She also had a black, pink and white backpack with a skull and hearts. She may be wearing a white hat and scarf. Her mother described a large, irregular shaped birthmark on Somer's left shin as an additional distinguishing feature. Source: News 4 Jax

This is, indeed, a sad turn of events if this is the little girl's body. This is such an eerie reminder of the untimely death that Jessica Lunsford met at the hands of a sex predator.