A missing Florida boy’s dead body was found in an “obscure” place inside his dad’s home, police said.

Hollywood Police did not say how 3-year-old Ahizya Osceola died, but officers are treating his death as a criminal investigation, CBS Miami reported.

Investigators launched a massive search for the toddler after he was reported missing Thursday. Ahizya’s mother, Karen Cypress, said the boy was with his dad and his stepmother’s Hollywood home that morning, NBC Miami reported.

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During an “exhaustive search of the house,” officers found the boy’s body in an “obscure section not readily visible to the average person,” Hollywood Police Chief Frank Fernandez said at a Friday press conference.

It’s not clear how the boy got into the remote location.

“Our exhaustive search has ended and did not end as expected,” said Hollywood Police Chief Frank Fernandez.

An endangered person advisory that was issued for a missing person from Glasgow Village was canceled Wednesday after the person was found safe.

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Vicki Andrews, 36, who is believed to be off of her schizophrenia medication and is known to have been physically violent, went missing March 15.

Andrews had been missing since walking away from her residence at 3 a.m. Sunday.

Kentucky State Police said a Grant County man has been arrested for distributing child pornography.

On Thursday night at around 9:00 p.m. the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested 27-year-old Justin T. Hamilton, for possession and distribution of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor.

Police said Hamilton was arrested after an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, which began in December 2014. KSP said they began investigating after discovering the that Hamilton was showing images of child sexual exploitation online, including videos of young children engaged in sexual acts.

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After the investigation, a search warrant was issued at Hamilton’s home on Thursday, March 19th. KSP said equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized and taken to KSP’s forensic laboratory for examination.

Police said Hamilton is currently charged with 11 counts of possession and nine counts of distribution of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor. He is currently being held at the Grant County Detention Center.

A Powell County couple, that previously admitted to selling nearly $3,000 in counterfeit money, have both been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves sentenced Timothy Ray Profitt, 34, and his wife, Amanda Marie Profitt, 27, for counterfeiting securities of the United States. Under federal law, each defendant will have to serve 85 percent of their prison sentence.

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According to their plea agreements, between September 26, 2013 and October 2, 2013, the Profitts manufactured 143 counterfeit bills, all in denominations of $20. They then sold $2,860 in counterfeit bills to others in Powell County, for less than the face value of the counterfeit money.

Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Craig Hutzell, Acting Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, jointly announced the sentences. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Secret Service and the Winchester Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate K. Smith prosecuted this case on behalf of the federal government.

An investigation is underway into a possible teen suicide pact in Grant County.

Police were called to the scene of a reported gunshot wound Thursday morning. That’s where they found a 14-year-old girl deceased.

A 14-year-old boy was brought in for questioning. The boy’s aunt says that two middle schoolers planned to commit suicide together but at the last minute her nephew couldn’t go through with it.

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“I remember when I was a child, obviously death was the furthest thing from my mind. So because of that, that denial phase tends to be quite a bit longer. Very difficult. They’re in shock and just that assimilation process into accepting the reality of a death becomes very, very challenging for a child,” says Lt. Rick Saint-Blancard of Kentucky State Police.

Grief counselors were sent to the victim’s middle school to help students deal with the loss.

A Golden Alert has been issued for a missing Mt. Sterling woman.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is searching for Audrey Blackburn.  Sheriff officials say she has been missing since Tuesday. Blackburn has mental health issues for which she takes medication. She did not take her medicine with her.

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The only thing Blackburn took with her was a can of coffee grounds and filters.

Officials are checking her phone records to see if she had contacted anyone. A helicopter is aiding in the search. If you have information, contact Kentucky State Police or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department.

An Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for a missing St. Louis County woman who has schizophrenia.

Police say Vicki Andrews, 36, has been missing since early Sunday morning. She has schizophrenia and is believed to be off her medication. Police say she is known to have been physically violent.

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Andrews is described as a black woman, 5-feet-7, 200 pounds with black hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion. She has a missing front tooth and was last seen wearing a pink and gray sweatshirt with light blue pants.

Anyone who has seen Andrews or knows where she is is asked to call 911 or the St. Louis County Police Department at 314-615-5360.

Police have now charged two men with first-degree murder in the investigation of a Portsmouth man who went missing in January and was found dead in a lake last week.

Family and friends tell WAVY.com the victim knew both of the suspects.

Donta Williams, 22, was last seen late in the evening on January 20, just off Towne Point Road in Portsmouth. On March 9, an employee at the Department of Defense Suffolk Complex noticed a body in Matthews Lake, which is behind the building. On Wednesday, Suffolk police announced a medical examiner had identified the body as Williams.

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The medical examiner ruled Williams’ death a homicide. Suffolk police have not said how Williams died.

Kyle Lamar Purvis, 21, of Portsmouth, was arrested Tuesday night and Tremayne Laron Johnson, 25, of Suffolk, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, according to Suffolk police spokeswoman Diana Klink. Both suspects were also charged with shoot, stab, cut, or wound and conspiracy to commit a felony.

“Why? Why a person like Donta?” asked Spencer Riddick, Williams’ pastor at New Abundant Life Christian Center in Norfolk. “I would love to know why. I can’t figure it out.”

In previous reports, WAVY.com had traced Williams’ last steps before he disappeared. The 22-year-old had been at a church event the evening of January 20. According to friends with him that night, the church van dropped him off at his home off Towne Point Road. But he never went inside.

Williams’ fiancee, Terri Douglas, talked to him on the phone after he was dropped off and said he had been chatting with a friend in the apartment complex. No one knew what happened to Williams after he left his friend.

Pastor Riddick, Douglas and other family members said Williams knew both suspects. In fact, Douglas said Williams was friends with Purvis. Family and friends said they had reached out to Purvis and Johnson because they heard the two had seen the missing man the night he disappeared.

Pastor Riddick said he and Williams’ brother went to talk with Purvis and Johnson in the days after Williams disappeared. They wanted to know where they had seen Williams so they could organize search parties.

Douglas, who knows the suspects, said she also reached out to Purvis multiple times. “I was just asking him, ‘ok, do you know what direction he went in? Did he go right or did he go left?’” she said.

Riddick said Williams had a big impact on his church community. He said Williams wanted to be a pastor in the future. His brother, Leon Williams, said he cared deeply for the people in his life.

“He just loved everybody,” Leon Williams said.

Johnson is being held at Western Tidewater Regional Jail and Purvis is in custody at Hampton Roads Regional Jail.