The desperate search for two-year-old Noah Chamberlin has ended in tragedy after the boy's body was found.
The toddler's body was found just 1.5miles away from his grandmother's house in Chester County, Tennessee, on Thursday - a week after he vanished while on a hike.
Police say his death was a 'tragic accident' and would only reveal that his body was found in a clearing.
Just hours earlier, investigators said they were adamant he was still alive, insisting they had found crucial evidence in woods near where he had last been spotted.
Sheriff Weaver and Madison County Sheriff John Mehr believe Noah's death is a tragic accident.
'Just like grandma said, she turned her head for a minute and he was gone. There were trails everywhere,' Weaver said.
'Everybody we talked to talked about how he ran all the time, jumped over tables, ran, just nonstop,' Mehr added. 'He loved to hide. We had people tell us that even adults would run after him, and they couldn't catch him.'
An autopsy will now be carried out to determine how he died.
According to , his remains were found just outside a grid searchers had spent days scouring.
Law enforcement had covered roughly 1,000 acres of land searching for the little boy and expanded their efforts every day in a bid to track him down.
Investigators hit out at conspiracy theorists who speculated that the boy's parents, Jacob and Destiny Chamberlin, were behind the disappearance.
Skeptics have been calling on officers to raid the family's home, with wild accusations claiming the child was covered in wet concrete or buried under an outhouse on the family property.
'We have interviewed the entire family multiple times. We can find no reason, none whatsoever, to discredit them,' Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to the Jackson Sun.
Madison County Sheriff John Mehr added: 'The family has been cooperative and supportive. The FBI and TBI have been doing background and support (operations) for us. A behavioral science unit has been called in to assist.'
Noah was reported missing at 1.19pm last Thursday after he disappeared while on a walk in the woods behind his grandparents' Pinson home, law enforcement officials said.
His grandmother had taken him and his four-year-old sister on a nature hike when she said she lost sight of him.
Authorities said the trio had sat down to talk while in the woods and when the grandmother turned around, he was gone.
'They sat down to talk and she was paying attention to the granddaughter, and when she turned around he was gone,' Madison County Sheriff's Office spokesman Tom Mapes said. 'She immediately went to look for him.'
Police say his death was a 'tragic accident' and would only reveal that his body was found in a clearing.
Just hours earlier, investigators said they were adamant he was still alive, insisting they had found crucial evidence in woods near where he had last been spotted.
Sheriff Weaver and Madison County Sheriff John Mehr believe Noah's death is a tragic accident.
'Just like grandma said, she turned her head for a minute and he was gone. There were trails everywhere,' Weaver said.
'Everybody we talked to talked about how he ran all the time, jumped over tables, ran, just nonstop,' Mehr added. 'He loved to hide. We had people tell us that even adults would run after him, and they couldn't catch him.'
An autopsy will now be carried out to determine how he died.
According to , his remains were found just outside a grid searchers had spent days scouring.
Law enforcement had covered roughly 1,000 acres of land searching for the little boy and expanded their efforts every day in a bid to track him down.
Investigators hit out at conspiracy theorists who speculated that the boy's parents, Jacob and Destiny Chamberlin, were behind the disappearance.
Skeptics have been calling on officers to raid the family's home, with wild accusations claiming the child was covered in wet concrete or buried under an outhouse on the family property.
'We have interviewed the entire family multiple times. We can find no reason, none whatsoever, to discredit them,' Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to the Jackson Sun.
Madison County Sheriff John Mehr added: 'The family has been cooperative and supportive. The FBI and TBI have been doing background and support (operations) for us. A behavioral science unit has been called in to assist.'
Noah was reported missing at 1.19pm last Thursday after he disappeared while on a walk in the woods behind his grandparents' Pinson home, law enforcement officials said.
His grandmother had taken him and his four-year-old sister on a nature hike when she said she lost sight of him.
Authorities said the trio had sat down to talk while in the woods and when the grandmother turned around, he was gone.
'They sat down to talk and she was paying attention to the granddaughter, and when she turned around he was gone,' Madison County Sheriff's Office spokesman Tom Mapes said. 'She immediately went to look for him.'
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