After a massive search, missing 2-year-old Dane Paulsen was found dead by a volunteer diver Tuesday in the Siletz River in Oregon, 10 days after the toddler first disappeared from his family’s yard.

Though Dane is gone, his spirit will never leave Siletz. He brought people together. And in that way, he will always be home.”

The remains of a two-year-old boy who went missing at the start of this month were recovered in Oregon on Tuesday. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said Dane Paulsen was located in the Siletz River following an extensive search when a volunteer diver spotted the boy in the water three miles downstream from his family’s home.