WHITE COUNTY, Ark. — An Arkansas man is now being charged with manslaughter and with endangering the welfare of a minor.
According to reports, just after 5:00 p.m. on October 4, the White County Sheriff's Department responded to a home on the Little Red River near Searcy in reference to a missing child.
Once officers arrived they found a 6-year-old boy underwater and they began CPR. The child was then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at around 7:00 p.m.
Reports state that the family lived across the street from the river and the boy had wandered away from their home.
The child's father, 37-year-old Maxwell Garner was found 'impaired' while at a nearby home.
Mr. Maxwell is currently being held in the White County Detention Center.
