Maddox Ritch search ends in sadness
A six-day search for a little autistic boy came to a tragic end Thursday, crushing all hope that somehow 6-year-old Maddox Ritch would be found safe after going missing from a Gastonia park.Around 1 p.m., a team of 15 searchers made up of law enforcement officers and firefighters found the boy partially submerged in about 3 feet of water in Long Creek off Old Dallas Highway. He was found a little more than a mile from Rankin Lake Park, where he had […]
