Matilda Sheils, along with her 9-month-old brother Conrad Sheils, were reported missing on Saturday after severe flooding swept away members of their Charleston, South Carolina family.
Officials in Upper Makefield Township confirm the body of a 2-year-old girl found along the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Friday is one of the two children reported missing after fatal flood waters swept through Bucks County.Officials in Upper Makefield Township confirm the body of a 2-year-old girl found along the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Friday is one of the two children reported missing after fatal flood waters swept through Bucks County.
Upper Makefield Township Police Department confirmed that Matilda Sheils' body was recovered around 5:30 p.m. Friday along the Delaware River in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood."Philadelphia police began receiving calls that there was what was possibly a human in the river. Our marine unit was dispatched shortly after, and did in fact recover the body of a small female child," said Inspector D.F. Pace with Philadelphia police.
The child's body was discovered approximately 32 miles from where Matilda Sheils was reported missing in Bucks County.were Enzo De Piero, 78, and Linda De Piero, 74, of Newtown; Yuko Love, 64, of Newtown; and Susan Barnhart, 53, of Titusville, New Jersey, Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck said.Marine assets will be deployed along the Delaware River, as well as K-9 units and divers, in order to search for the missing boy.
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Crews still searching for 2 siblings swept away in Bucks County flash floodWeather conditions have been hampering the efforts, but police said Thursday that crews were trying to resume the search for 2-year-old Matilda Sheils and her 9-month-old brother Conrad Sheils.
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