ONSLOW, PENDER COUNTIES: The search for 3-year-old Mariah Woods is off.

The FBI and local officials said they believe her body was recovered by the Fayetteville dive team at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. They said she was near Shelter Creek along Shaw Highway in Pender County. Additional details will be available once the medical examiner’s report is released.

The FBI and the Onslow County Sheriff’s Department said they were treating the case as a homicide investigation.  

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Earl Kimrey has been arrested in connection to the incident.

Earlier, members of the community gathered and made a makeshift memorial with stuffed animals for the child and a sign. They said they wanted the little girl to know that she was loved.