The state water patrol has recovered the bodies of two children from Licking who disappeared from their home yesterday afternoon.

The patrol says dragging operations located the body of four-year old Wyatt Bagley in about four and a half-feet of water in the Big Piney River. A Highway Patrol helicopter spotted the body of seven-year old Jesse Bagley a short time later in a brush jam. Water patrol officers recovered his body a short time later.

About 200 people searched the woods near their home until early this morning. The bodies were found shortly after the search was resumed at daybreak.