The search for a missing Wisconsin child ended with the news no family wants to hear.
Ten-year-old Kodie Dutcher had vanished from Baraboo, prompting an Amber Alert and an urgent search by emergency crews near her family’s home.
By the next morning, authorities had made a heartbreaking discovery, bringing the desperate effort to find her to a devastating conc…
Kodie Dutcher was last seen around 4 p.m. on July 6, 2020, in the 1100 block of 12th Street in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Police were dispatched to the apartment complex at approximately 5:40 p.m., where her mother identified the missing child as her 10-year-old daughter.
According to the department’s release, information gathered at the residence raised concerns about possible self-harm. Kodie had left behind her cellphone and shoes, and the Amber Alert indicated she might be traveling on foot.
Officers searched the surrounding area, with assistance from the Baraboo Fire Department and Wisconsin Dells K-9 personnel. On July 7, authorities confirmed that Kodie’s body had been found around 11 a.m. near 11th Street and County Highway T, not far from her home.
The information provided did not establish a cause of death. The discovery ended the search with a devastating loss: a young child whose life had barely begun.
