Published May 25, 2021 •
Updated on May 25, 2021 at 12:23 pm
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The volunteer kayaker who discovered the body of Kyrin Carter in a river in northwest Indiana on Monday said he never expected to find the missing 12-year-old himself, but he spent days searching with the hope that his skills as a fisherman could help bring the boy home. I came out here hoping every day to find him, but I didn t think I was actually gonna find him, Eric Smith said at the scene in Hammond, Indiana, on Tuesday morning. So then, like, when I spotted him, it hit me different.