Mother thanks volunteers for efforts to `bring our son Kaden home´ after boy´s body recovered in Grand River
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

The mother of 3-year-old Kaden Young says the search for her son is over, two months after he was swept from her arms and into the Grand River. A fisherman spotted a body in the river near Orangeville at around 3 p.m. Saturday and called the Ontario Provincial Police. Multiple police units and a forensic squad worked to remove the body from the water. OPP Const. Paul Nancekivell told the Star he was hesitant about releasing the identity of the child until police knew for sure, but on Sunday morning Michelle Hanson, Kaden’s mother, posted to a Facebook group thanking the community for their support. “We are wanting to thank everyone that has helped in the efforts to bring our son Kaden home. It has been a long extremely draining two months of searching and now has finally come to an end,� said the post.Hanson said funeral arrangements are now being finalized.On Feb. 21, Hanson was driving with Kaden when she accidentally missed a road-closure sign and her minivan was swept off the washed-out road and into the fast-moving river during a flood. She managed to free herself and Kaden from the vehicle, but the force of the water wrenched the boy from her arms.Family members said Hanson hadn’t seen the road-closure sign due to dark and foggy conditions. It was about 1 a.m. when the vehicle hit the water.Nancekivell told the Star a fisherman found the body under the County Rd. 26 bridge that goes over the Grand River in Belwood — about 14 kilometres away from where Kaden was pulled into the water. Nancekivell said the body was found in a cluster of trees and shrubs where a Canada goose was nesting near the shore. An autopsy will be conducted in Toronto on Monday.A steady stream of visitors, both local and from further a field, came to Belwood bridge on Sunday afternoon to remember the little boy whose disappearance touched so many people.Tributes including bouquets of flowers, blue ribbons and stuffed animals with messages saying “We ...