Search Area Moving Westward

Authorities have recovered what they believe to be the body of one of the children thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge. At a news conference Saturday morning Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said "The inevitable nightmare we have feared has been confirmed". Cochran says the decomposed body of an infant was found in a marshy area known as Point Aux Pines that borders Mississippi Sound. The area is about 5 miles north from where the children were thought to have been thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge Monday morning. Authorities say a duck hunter found the body.
The discovery has moved the search area westward. Capt. Paul Stewart with the Mobile County Sheriff's Flotilla says the bodies moved with the current. Capt. Stewart says a special sonar they brought in yesterday identified what they thought to be the bodies of three children. Divers couldn't get to the bodies because of strong currents. They believe those currents moved the bodies overnight.

Law enforcement hopes the discovery of the infant's body will help them locate the others. Capt. Stewart says members of the Sheriff's Flotilla is coping as well as possible and working as hard as they can to find the children. Bayou La Batre Police say the children's father admitted to throwing them off the bridge. Lam Luong is being held in Metro Jail. He is charged with 4 counts of capital murder. His lawyer says Luong told him he was forced to confessed and actually gave the children to a woman named Kim.
Sheriff Cochran says two chaplains are with the family. Another news conference is expected around 1 p.m. We will have the latest updates on News 5 and WKRG.com