UPDATE:  Sadly, 8-month-old Eddie Salazar was found in the Spring River, just east of Carthage earlier this afternoon.  Police say Eddie Salazar Sr., the baby’s father, is charged with filing a false police report, and is now considered the prime suspect in his son’s murder.  This case is very similar to the Aveion Lewis case in Roanoke, Virginia where investigators say Aveion’s step father filed a false police report that his step-son was abducted, and a few weeks later the toddler’s body was found in a landfill.

Police say Eddie Salazar was abducted late last night by two masked men.  He is only 8-months-old, and has a lung-shaped birthmark on his right bicep.  Investigators say two men broke into Eddie’s home, beat his father, and left with the child.  It appears, at this point, the abduction was random.  If you have any information, please call:  (417) 237-7200

We will bring you more as this story develops…