7 Years After Son's Death in the US, Mother Finds Him Herself... Drains All the Water from the Pond

Child Murdered in 2015 Found in Unknown Pond
Mother, Father, Grandson Mobilized... Clue Found Within 2 Hours of Work

The late Edward Goodin's mother and father, along with his son Gage, borrowed a pump to draw water directly from an unnamed pond near County Road 572 to find the body. The photo is an archive image. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Bora Lee] In 2015, Edward Goodwin was murdered by his friends, and a story about his mother who drained all the water from a pond to find her son's body has become a hot topic.

On the 23rd (local time), the New York Post, People, and other U.S. media outlets cited the local publication Riverfront Times, reporting that Connie Goodwin (57) from Missouri found the remains of her son Edward Goodwin in a pond at Poplar Bluff.

The incident occurred in 2015. At the time, the late Edward Goodwin, aged 32, was murdered by two friends and his body was dumped in an unnamed pond. After Edward's family filed a missing person report, they searched for him for two years. In November 2017, they drained some water from a small lake in Poplar Bluff and discovered partial remains of Edward.

Using Edward's pelvis and femur as evidence, Eldred Smith and Ricky Hurt, who were charged with murder, confessed that "Edward's body was tied with cement bricks and thrown into an unnamed pond near County Road 572." Both are currently serving sentences for murder. At the time, the media reported that Edward had become a target of resentment among the parties due to a drug deal gone wrong.

Connie Goodwin, Edward's mother, recalled, "The police promised to find the rest of my son's remains and finish the job, but every time there was a new excuse, and time just passed." The police reportedly gave excuses such as "busy with other investigations" and "bad weather."

Eventually, the mother decided to find her son's remains herself. After renting a pump, she, her husband Ed, and her grandson Gage, Edward's son, began pumping water out of the pond. Two hours into the work, they found bones protruding from the mud and informed the local coroner.

Gage, who turned 22 seven years after his father was killed, ran into the muddy swamp to recover his father's remains. Connie is said to have expressed, "It was sad, but I was happy because I could bring my son home."

Butler County Coroner Jim Akers stated, "Dental records confirmed that the bones belonged to Edward." This discovery of the deceased son's remains after seven years has brought astonishment.