A body believed to be the 2-year-old New York City boy missing for a month has been found by the Whitestone Bridge, in the East River, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed Wednesday.

Sources say an NYPD scuba unit pulled the body of missing 2-year-old Montrell Williams out of the East River, near the Whitestone Bridge. FOX 5 NY's Linda Schmidt has the latest.

Police believe they found the body Wednesday of a 2-year-old boy missing from the Bronx since last month — and his father has been taken into custody, sources reported. Cops made the grim discovery near the Whitestone Bridge at about 12:30 p.