By Associated Press - Saturday, March 2, 2019

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) - The body of an 11-year-old Alabama girl who was reported missing has been found.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says Amberly Barnett’s body was found Saturday about 6:30 a.m. after an overnight search.

Sheriff Nick Walden said that due to their current investigation he could not release any more information, including a cause of death and declined to answer questions during a press conference.

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Welden told reporters his “heart is shattered” by the results of the investigation.

News outlets report the little girl was last seen at her aunt’s house in Collinsville at around 6 p.m. Friday.

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