Updated: 6-Year-Old Boy Drowns Off Greens Harbor Beach

A frantic five-hour search Thursday night for a missing 6-year-old boy ended in tragedy, as divers recovered his body just after 11 p.m., according to New London police.

Anthony Bernoudy, who would have turned 7 on July 10, was pulled from the water by a diver "a short distance from the beach" and taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A silver alert for the child had gone out at about 6 p.m., after his family reported him missing. Police said he had been at Toby May Park on Ocean Ave.

Police and fire searched and rescue dive teams from several local fire departments and the Connecticut State Police Emergency Services Unit helped. Police conducted a land search of the beach and adjacent properties while rescue divers performed under water searches at the beach area.

At 11:10 p.m. "an emergency diver located the body of a small child in the water a short distance from the beach. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later," the release said. 

The victim was identified by family members at a local hospital as Anthony Bernoudy (dob 07/10/2006). 

Greens Harbor Beach was closed on Friday during the ongoing investigation. Zak Leavy, executive assistant to Mayor Daryl Finizio, said the beach will reopen on Saturday and all normal activities there will resume.