The bodies of three girls who disappeared last month have been discovered.
WOWT reported that Lah Tray Moo, 18, Laiana Green, 18, and Eh Cress Moo, 11, went missing while fishing on the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 15.
One of the girls fell into the water, and as the others attempted to assist, they drowned. According to NBC News, a 13-year-old member of the group was not injured but is mourning the loss after witnessing the tragedy.
On Wednesday, April 30, the Omaha Fire Department announced that “all three girls have been recovered” following a two-week search.
“We send our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of these girls. “The loss of these young lives has touched our entire community, and our hearts remain with you now and in the days ahead,” they said in a statement.
Tray Moo was discovered near NP Dodge Park on Saturday, April 26, and the search was suspended after the bodies of Green and Cress Moo were discovered on Tuesday, April 29, according to Omaha’s KMTV.
Nichelle Griffy, Green’s aunt, told KMTV that the family is “feeling relieved that we have all three girls physically now.”
“We are sad, but we are thankful that we have them now,” she told me. “Our community is growing stronger. The gain is greater than the support we have for each other.”
Prior to this week’s discovery, community members assisted the families by preparing meals for search parties near the location where the three girls went missing.
“We all share the same loss right now, so not even different languages could outshine your heart,” Griffy told KMTV as victims’ families gathered along the Missouri River.
Chrome Louis, a community advocate, expressed gratitude to those who offered help.
“Together we could not have did it, without all the prayers, without all the help nationwide, without all the tuning into the lives, without everybody showing up and community support,” he stated to KMTV.”
Louis believes that the deaths and future incidents could be avoided with the use of “more signs,” such as “do not swim” or “danger in the water.”
“Through this process, I learned a lot about the river that I did not even know,” he told me. “The average person do not know how really seriously dangerous this river really is.”