Bodies of two children pulled from Oklahoma waterways are believed to be toddlers who were seen walking down embankment holding hands

  • Miracle Crook, three, and brother Tony Crook, two, were last seen on Friday
  • Mother Donisha Willis, 24, was arrested later that day on child neglect claims 
  • She allegedly told a relative her children 'don't even matter'  
  • Young girl's body was found in Arkansas River late Tuesday night 
  • Boy's body was recovered from Bird Creek on Wednesday 
  • Police believe the bodies are those of the missing children, but they are waiting for medical examiner to positively identify them   

A boy's body found in an east Tulsa creek on Wednesday is believed to be that of a missing toddler who disappeared with his sister last week.

'We do know it's a young, young male,' and the body was sent to the medical examiner for identification, Tulsa police Lt. Richard Meulenberg said, adding that the child was wearing clothing similar to that of the missing two-year-old Tony Crook.

The boy disappeared on Friday along with his sister, three-year-old Miracle Crook, from their mother's apartment building in Tulsa.  

Miracle Crook, three
Tony Crook, two

Miracle Crook (pictured left), aged three, and her brother Tony Crook (right), two, were last seen on Friday at a store in Tulsa and subsequently at their apartment. Two children's bodies were recovered from waterways on Tuesday and Wednesday  

A makeshift memorial is seen at the spot where Miracle and Tony walked down to Mingo Creek at the Shoreline Apartments last Friday

A makeshift memorial is seen at the spot where Miracle and Tony walked down to Mingo Creek at the Shoreline Apartments last Friday

Searchers found the boy's body at around 5pm, less than a day after the body of a young girl was found in the Arkansas River.

Members of the Oklahoma Task Force made the grim discovery off of 46th Street North and Highway 169 in Bird Creek near Owasso. 

Police said 'all signs are pointing toward this is the two children we’ve been looking for for days now.' 

Investigators have said Miracle and Tony were last seen on security video outside their east Tulsa apartment holding hands and walking toward a creek whose waters eventually flow into the Arkansas River.

The mother of the children, Donisha Willis, 24, is jailed on charges of child neglect and assaulting a police officer. 

The girl's body was found in the Arkansas River, about 40miles from the apartment, but about 100miles away by waterway, said Terry Sivadon, a member of the task force that recovered the boy's body, about 15 miles away by water.

Tulsa police have said the area received heavy rainfall during the weekend and the creeks and rivers were flowing rapidly.

Emergency crews are seen looking for the missing children in a Tulsa creek on Tuesday

Emergency crews are seen looking for the missing children in a Tulsa creek on Tuesday 

The brother and sister were last seen getting down an embankment into a creek and never reemerging. Officers have been searching for the children by boat

The brother and sister were last seen getting down an embankment into a creek and never reemerging. Officers have been searching for the children by boat  

As NewsOn6 first reported, Tulsa Police focused their search efforts on the ponds at the apartment complex where the children stayed with their mother, before searching Mingo Creek, which flows into Bird Creek and eventually the Arkansas River. 

Recent rainstorms have caused the creek to become swollen with fast-moving water. Miracle and Tony were last seen on video going down the embankment into the creek, with authorities saying that there was no other spot where the children could have climbed out safely. 

Muskogee County authorities said bystanders reported seeing a body in the river near the Verdigris Bridge at around 9pm, reported Fox 23.

First responders from Wagoner and Muskogee counties scoured the river and recovered the body overnight.

The search for the missing brother and sister resumed this morning.   

Tony and Miracle's mother, Donisha Willis, remains in custody. A police report revealed she refused to speak to investigators and told them her toddlers 'don't even matter', according to Fox23

On Friday, a security camera at The Shoreline Apartments complex where Willis lives captured her children walking down a tree-lined grassy avenue at around 10:15am, two hours after they were previously pictured at a nearby convenience store. 

The new CCTV footage from The Shoreline Apartments complex where Willis lives is the last known sighting of the toddlers, circled above

The new CCTV footage from The Shoreline Apartments complex where Willis lives is the last known sighting of the toddlers, circled above 

The children's mother, 24-year-old Donisha Willis (pictured), was arrested on Friday night accused of child neglect and assaulting a police officer

The children's mother, 24-year-old Donisha Willis (pictured), was arrested on Friday night accused of child neglect and assaulting a police officer

Police first reported the children missing on Saturday, saying the 'surrounding circumstances are concerning' without explaining further.

At the time, police said the toddlers had last been seen by a relative on Thursday evening. 

However, cops subsequently published a surveillance photo which showed them at a convenience store on Friday morning, when they were with their mother.  

Half an hour later at 9am, a witness saw the mother and her children back in the Shoreline apartment complex.

The new CCTV marks the last time the children were seen. 

Willis, the mother, was arrested after 10pm on Friday evening and is being held on bond in a county jail, according to inmate records. 

She does not have custody of the children, whose aunt is their guardian. It was the aunt who found Willis passed out on the couch in her apartment Friday night.

Police chief Wendell Franklin said Willis was not forthcoming with investigators, and was possibly high on drugs at the time.   

Speaking to local media, Franklin acknowledged that the children may be dead. 

'There’s absolutely no way they could’ve survived 24 hours out here by themselves, so we need the public to help,' he said. 

'There's only two things that can happen here. These children are either on someone's couch asleep, and the people that they're with don't know that these children are missing, or these children are dead.' 

Divers have been scouring local ponds as part of a police search for the two missing toddlers (pictured above)

Divers have been scouring local ponds as part of a police search for the two missing toddlers (pictured above) 

Cops published a surveillance photo which showed the two children at a convenience store on Friday morning, when they were with their mother

Cops published a surveillance photo which showed the two children at a convenience store on Friday morning, when they were with their mother

Officers have been searching trash cans and cars in the apartment complex while stopping motorists who leave and enter.   

Search dogs have also been deployed to help police divers who are scouring ponds for any sign of the toddlers.

Local residents and businesses have also been asked to check their security cameras for any footage they might have captured of the children. 

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