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UPDATE: Body of second missing boy found

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photo Chief Bobby Dodd updates media about finding the body of the second child reported missing Sunday at South Chickamauga Creek.
photo Police officers monitor traffic on the bridge on Lightfoot Mill Road as the search continues for two boys who went missing while swimming in the Chickamauga Creek on Monday in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga police officials said the body of the second boy missing since Sunday was found this afternoon.

Earlier in the day, the body of the first of the missing boys was discovered about 100 yards from where he entered Chickamauga Creek.

More than 75 law enforcement officers have been searching for the boys.

Kentory Ray, 11, and Thomas Ruffin, 11, reportedly went into the water as two other boys looked on. The pair were both students at Tyner Middle Academy.

One of the boys had already stripped himself of his shorts and shirt before getting into the water.