Authorities find body of 4-year-old Alabama boy missing since New Year's Eve

The body of Johnathan Everett Boley, a 4-year-old boy who went missing in Alabama on New Year's Eve, has been found, authorities announced in a press conference on Friday afternoon.

The body of Johnathan Everett Boley, a 4-year-old boy who went missing in Alabama on New Year's Eve, has been found, authorities announced in a press conference on Friday afternoon.

“We have located Johnathan, and Johnathan is deceased,” Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told reporters.

He was found about 2 miles from his home, Smith added.

The boy’s father, Jameson Kyle Boley, has been arrested on a separate explosives-related charge and has been charged with two counts of chemical endangerment of a child, according to court records.

The child had last been seen at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday near Highway 195, in a wooded and rural area of Jasper, Alabama, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Jasper is a small city located about 40 miles northwest of Birmingham.