A five-year-old boy whose body was found in a river over the weekend had been looking forward to being a page boy at his mother and stepfather's wedding next year, neighbours claimed today.
Logan Williamson was discovered in the River Ogmore close to his home in the village of Sarn near Bridgend early on Saturday, and South Wales Police officers have been questioning three people on suspicion of murder.
The boy's distraught mother Angharad Williamson had been due to marry her fiancé Jay Cole, a carer, next year after he proposed in May - and Logan was said to have been 'beyond excited' about the wedding.
The couple had been together for around three years after Miss Williamson and Logan moved to the ground-floor flat. Mr Cole later moved in after she split from first husband Jordan Hunt, 27, after less than a year of marriage.
One neighbour said today of Miss Williamson and Mr Cole's upcoming wedding: 'I think they were planning on getting married next year but they wanted to get the kids involved. Logan was beyond excited - he was also so smiley. He didn't really know what a pageboy was - only that it meant getting dressed up.'
A man aged 39, a 30-year-old woman and a boy aged 13 remain in custody as police continue to investigate. Logan and his family had recently returned from a holiday in Blackpool and contracted Covid-19 during the trip.
Family friends said they received a phone call on Saturday morning from Miss Williamson to say Logan had been taken to the nearby Prince of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.
She is said to have collapsed when doctors told her Logan could not be saved. Miss Williamson, a full-time mother, attended the hospital while Mr Cole stayed at home with their other children.
Logan Williamson is pictured with his mother Angharad Williamson and stepfather Jay Cole, who is Miss Williamson's partner
Logan Williamson, five, is pictured at the Ogmore River in Sarn near Bridgend where he was found dead on Saturday
Floral tributes near the scene where the body of five-year-old Logan Williamson was found in Sarn, Bridgend, pictured today
A police officer near the scene today after Logan was found in the Ogmore River in the early hours of Saturday morning
Police tape at a property in the Sarn area of Bridgend this morning, near to where five-year-old Logan was found dead
Miss Williamson's best friend Rhiannon Hales, 26, led tributes to Logan and described Miss Williamson as a devoted mother. She said: 'They are good parents who love their children and bring them up well.
'My little girl is also five and she loved Logan, they were like little boyfriend and girlfriend together. I'm shocked and just devastated by what's happened, he called me Auntie Rhi, but Logan was like my own little boy.
'He was such a happy kid, always said please and thank you. He loved colouring and did all the coronavirus posters in the front window of their flat.'
Today, police widened the search area of the Ogmore River with divers spending a fourth day scouring the water and its banks after taping off another stretch.
Another neighbour said: 'The divers have been in and out of the river for a long time now they're definitely looking for something specific.
