Authorities find 12-year-old boy's body in Maumee Bay; give up search for father

7/30/2008

The Toledo Fire Department has ended its search for Shondale Galloway, 33, who was last seen sometime Monday fishing with his son in Maumee Bay, said Assistant Fire Chief Luis Santiago. The chief said there was an extensive search of the area near where the boy s body was found Wednesday morning. "In that immediate area, we can t do anymore," he said. Boats from the U.S. Coast Guard will occasionally check the area to see if a body surfaces.

BAGHDAD - Nearly 50,000 Iraqi police and soldiers were involved in a U.S.-backed operation against al-Qaida in Iraq in one of its last major strongholds near the capital, a senior provincial official said Wednesday. The house-to-house search operations now focused on the Diyala provincial capital of Baquoba will be extended to rugged areas near the Iranian border, said Ibrahim Bajilan, the head of the regional council.