The body of a missing 4-year-old boy was found in Mission Bay Sunday, about 120 yards off the beach where he had last been seen, police said.
A San Diego police officer told City News Service that an earlier report of a possible kidnapping suspect was "a bad lead," and that police now suspect Wesle Hilaire drowned during a family outing by the bay.
Officer Dan Lasher said police no longer believe a kidnapping occurred.
The remains were spotted about 15 hours after his tearful family described a strange man who reportedly took the child from a family gathering on the eastern shore of Mission Bay Park in San Diego.
The child's family had reported that he had last been at seen at 7:44 p.m. Saturday walking with an unfamiliar man.
A description of a man was broadcast by police, and an Amber Alert and active search was conducted from the border and as far north as Orange and Riverside counties.
