7 January, 2009 UPDATE: Body found. Details here...
Authorities in Neshoba County think they have located a missing plane belonging to an Arkansas pilot.
Winston County Sheriff Randy Thomas said his deputies discovered the wrecked, yellow-and-blue crop-duster about 5:30 p.m. Monday near the Winston, Kemper and Neshoba county lines in Neshoba County.
"Once we found it, we notified Neshoba County and (Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol)," Thomas said. "We're not sure if the pilot was ever located."
Ashley Smith of Vicksburg said she believes the pilot is Monty Hudson, her father.
Smith said Hudson was flying from Greenville, Ala., to Cleveland and from Cleveland to Jonesboro, Ark., when his plane disappeared on Friday.
She said Monday night she'd been told her father's plane had been found. She wouldn't comment further.
Civil Air Patrol Maj. Patricia Mitcham of Huntsville, Ala., said Monday that air and ground teams had focused their three-day search efforts near central portions of east Mississippi and west Alabama.
Mitcham said the Civil Air Patrol in both states began a search Saturday morning. But the search of parts of east Mississippi and west Alabama was suspended Sunday because of bad weather.
She said she believes bad weather played a role in the disappearance.
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