By NBC News
A seven-year-old girl’s body was discovered in a creek just 25 minutes after being reported missing while watching a peewee football game with her mom, police said.
Kentucky State Police said Gabriella Doolin disappeared from Allen County High School in Scottsville, a town around 66 miles north of Nashville.
After her mother reported her missing to the Scottsville Police Department at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, authorities said “a search began immediately.”
“The entire community started looking for her” after an announcement went out over the intercom, family friend Mike Willoughby told NBC station WSMV. “A complete lockdown of…
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