Fort Worth 2-year-old vacationing in Virginia drowns, sheriff's office says

A 2-year-old boy from Fort Worth vacationing with his family in Virginia was found drowned in a lake on Thursday afternoon.

August Farley was found by divers in Smith Mountain Lake near a dock in the Huddleston area, southeast of Roanoke, said Bedford County Sheriff's Office Maj. Ricky Garder.

The sheriff's office received a report of a missing boy at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. August had gone missing from Rosewood Lane, a dead end road near the lake. The child was last seen at about 6 a.m. that morning, the sheriff's office said.

About 150 people searched for August, according to WSLS-10 News in Roanoke.

Gardner told The News & Advance that the cause of death is being attributed to an accidental drowning.

A GoFundMe account was set up for the family.

This story was originally published July 6, 2018 at 9:00 AM.