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Search underway for missing 2-year-old in Smith County

Crews are on the ground searching a densely-wooded area in East Texas for a boy who went missing Tuesday afternoon playing a game of hide and seek.

An official with the Smith County Sheriff's Office says three kids were playing hide and seek in a densely-wooded area near FM 16 and CR 373 near Winona, when one child, a two-year-old boy, went missing.

The boy is described as a two-year-old, weighing about 30 lbs,wearing a red, white and blue top with no shoes.

The Smith County Sheriff's Office says the missing boy is reportedly mentally challenged.

Twenty units, along with local fire departments and an air unit are involved in the search.

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UPDATE: Search continues for missing special needs toddler

UPDATE (7:30pm): Officials tell KETK, they have found a footprint of the missing boy at a home about 1000 feet away from the house where Jacob went missing.

UPDATE (6:45pm): The boy's grandmother tells KETK crews on the scene that she believes Jacob may have been taken from the property just before 2:00.

Officials have not confirmed this information, but the woman says she saw a vehicle drive away around that time.

KETK will continue to provide updates as the search for the toddler continues.

ORIGINAL STORY: Smith County officials are searching for a missing toddler in the Winona area.

The child is a two year old white boy, about three feet tall, wearing a striped onsie with khaki shorts and no shoes.

Officials tell KETK, the child, Jacob, is mentally disabled, and does not speak.

The boy went missing around 2:00pm on Tuesday from a private residence on FM 16, just off of Highway 271.

Smith County officials say that the child was reportedly playing hide and seek when he went missing, no word on whether the child was being supervised at that time. Two other children were also playing hide and seek, but are unharmed.

Crews are searching a wooded area. A helicopter search has also been initiated, along with several fire departments and at least twenty response vehicles.

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Missing two-year-old Smith Co. boy found dead

A missing two-year-old East Texas boy has been found dead this morning.

Lieutenant Wiginton with the Smith County Sheriff's Office confirmed this morning that Jake Kimbley was found in the woods at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. The two-year-old boy went missing around 1:00 p.m. Tuesday while playing hide and seek with another child.

Authorities are on scene investigating at this time, and additional help has been called in from the Smith County Sheriff's Office.

His family has been notified.

Lt. Wiginton says it has not yet been determined whether foul play was involved.

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UPDATE: Grandfather arrested, other kids taken in..

UPDATE: SMITH COUNTY (KYTX) -We talked with Smith County Justice of the Peace Mitch Shamburger, who gave us the basics on the inquest and the body being found in the septic tank.

We have also talked with a woman who was there for the entire search effort, including her description of the conditions of the home and that Jake's parents were laughing and smiling and didn't help with the search. The other kids in the home were taken by Child Protective Services on Tuesday and remain in CPS custody.

We are also told that an eight-year-old told law enforcement that he watched his dad "kick Jake into a hole." There are reports that a professional septic company came to the scene to open the septic tank before authorities could check for the body.

The parents were questioned by the FBI Tuesday night, and Jake's grandfather was arrested today for being a registered sex offender near kids.

The Tyler Morning Telegraph is reporting on the homicide investigation along with KYTX CBS 19 reporter Field Sutton.

An earlier version of this story attributed certain facts to Sheriff-Elect Larry Smith. Those facts did not come from Smith, and we regret the error.

UPDATE: SMITH COUNTY (TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH) - A source close to the investigation of the death of a 2-year-old near Winona told the Tyler Paper this morning that the case is being investigated as a possible homicide.

Jake Kimbley, 2, was found dead on his family's property in a septic tank partially exposed above ground.

Multiple agencies, including fire departments, the sheriff's office and air support searched Tuesday afternoon for the toddler who went missing while playing hide-and-seek near Farm-to-Market Road 16 and U.S. Highway 271, according to dispatchers.

The Sheriff's Office is in charge of the investigation, officials said.

SMITH COUNTY (KYTX) - The Smith County Sheriff's Department confirmed Wednesday morning that a crime scene investigation team was going over the land surrounding a home in the 20300 block of FM 16 near Winona.

Multiple sources have confirmed to CBS 19 that 2-year-old Jake Kimbley was found dead some time after 1:00 Wednesday morning inside a septic tank on the property. The Sheriff's department would not comment on the location of the body.

Sheriff's deputies were interviewing the other children Kimbley was playing with Tuesday afternoon, trying to put together details of his last moments alive.

A hearse took Kimbley's body to a local funeral home around 11:30 Wednesday morning. The Sheriff's department confirmed it would undergo an autopsy.

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Jacob Kimbley, 2, Found Dead In Texas Septic Tank; Autopsy Pending

Jacob Kimbley, a two-year-old child in Winona, Texas, has been found dead in a fiberglass septic tank after a search that lasted nearly 12 hours.

Kimbley, who was described as non-verbal and mentally challenged, was last seen alive around 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon while playing hide-and-seek in a wooded area near his home with two other children, who are unharmed, according to KETK-TV.

According to the Smith County Sheriff's Office, Kimbley's body was discovered at about 1:15 a.m. after a search that included more than 150 emergency responders and volunteers using 4-wheelers, helicopters and horses, the Gladewater Mirror reported.

Around 7 p.m. Tuesday night, searchers said they had found Kimbley’s footprints in the mud of a creek, sparking hope that he might be found soon, according to KTBB.com.

The boy's body wasn't discovered in the septic tank until 1:15 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Kimbley's family has been notified of his death. His body has been sent to Dallas for an autopsy, and results are expected by the end of this week.

Officials could not say whether the death was foul play or accidental.

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CPS takes remaining children in to state custody

Officials with Child Protective Services took Jake Kimbley's five siblings in to state custody Wednesday evening.

Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham says an emergency protective order was signed Wednesday morning by Judge Carole Clark.

At 5:19 Wednesday evening, CPS arrived at the residence where the remaining children were staying with family members, and took them into state custody.

CPS says the children will be placed into foster care.

A man has been taken from the scene where the missing two-year-old East Texas boy was found dead Wednesday morning.

During the search for the missing boy, investigators discovered a neighbor was a sex offender, and was in violation of probation. A warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday afternoon, but officials say he's not a suspect in the boy's death. Family members say the arrested individual is Jake's grandfather.

Lt. Larry Wiginton from the Smith Co. Sheriff's Office says that nothing has been ruled out as to the cause of this child's death. Wiginton says all deaths are treated as possible homicides, and that is the status of the investigation at this time.

According to Smith County JP, precinct 4 Judge Mitch Shamburger, Jake Kimbley's body was found in an underground septic tank around 1:30 a.m., Wednesday. Judge Shamburger said the inspection lid was off and the hole was about 10 inches in diameter.

Shamburger could not say how the lid to the septic tank was removed.

The two-year-old boy went missing around 1:00 p.m. Tuesday while playing hide and seek with another child. He is one of five children and has a twin brother.

Authorities are on still on the scene investigating at this time.

Judge Shamburger says they have not determined if it was accidental or not.

A sanitation service removed Jake's body from the septic tank on Wednesday. His body has been taken to Dallas for autopsy; preliminary results are expected back by Friday.

CPS is conducting an investigation alongside law enforcement.

On Tuesday, volunteers reported clothes and footprints were found near a creek near the home. Authorities are now saying no clothes were found, and knowing the children played at the creek often, they believe the footprint was made by Jake before he went missing.

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Jake Kimbley's parents indicted on child endangerment charges

The parents of toddler Jake Kimbley, whose body was found inside a septic tank near his family's home, are facing charges.

David and Sabrina Kimbley have been indicted on child endangerment charges.

Both David and Sabrina are charged with 13 counts each of child endangerment for the living children.

Each of the 26 total counts are state jail felonies.

The bond on each indictment is $100,000, totaling a $1.3 million bond each.

Sabrina refused the court-appointed attorney; her attorney remains Reeve Jackson.

David accepted the court-appointed attorney, Zack Davis.

Both Sabrina and David have been placed under arrest, but have not yet been transported to the Smith County Jail.

Jake went missing last Tuesday afternoon. He was found last Wednesday morning around 1:30 in his family's septic tank, about 15 feet behind the house in the woods.

The autopsy results on Kimbley have come back twice as pending. More conclusive results are expected in about a month.

CPS took five children living in the Kimbley home into state custody last week. A routine hearing to determine what kind of rights the Kimbleys have to the remaining children was Thursday afternoon.

The five children are still in state custody, placed in separate foster homes. The next hearing regarding the parent's visitation rights will be held next Friday.

The case involving the death of Jake Kimbley is still pending, and is currently under investigation.

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