Neighbours of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river over the weekend revealed tonight that a mystery man was spotted near the water about an hour before the child's body was discovered.
Logan Williamson was found 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. They all remain in custody.
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, where he was set to be a pageboy.
Tonight, locals told of how a man was seen in the area in the early hours of the morning, just minutes before the tragedy which shocked the community.
Dog walker Lisa Gould told The Sun: 'The thought of this man being there so close to the spot where Logan was found only an hour or so later chills me to the bone. I'm in shock hearing this. That poor little lad. I just hope he didn't suffer.'
Another neighbour added: 'I heard someone living around here saw a man by the river at around 4.45am on Saturday. It's a mystery. What would you be doing by the river at that time of the morning?
'It is sickening to think that such a young life has been taken from our community.'
A man aged 39, a 30-year-old woman and a boy aged 13 remain in custody as police continue to investigate. Officers previously said they are 'not looking for anyone else in relation to this incident'.
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.
Tragic Logan Williamson was found in the River Ogmore close to his home in the village of Sarn near Bridgend early on Saturday
Pictured: A police diver surfaces in the bank of river Ogmore in Lower Llansantffraid in Sarn near Bridgend, Wales
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
