Mother speaks out after teen's body found: 'I felt my son take his last breaths'

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CANITA: I REALLY CAN’T SAY HOW I’M FEELING. I’M JUST GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT MY SON’S BODY WAS FOUND. REPORTER: CANITA LANGLEY SAYS THIS LAST WEEK HAS BEEN THE WORST OF HER LIFE. CANITA: I DIDN’T SLEEP, I HAD NIGHTMARES OF MY SON CALLING, " “MA. MA. DAD, DAD.” KELSI: LAST WEEK LANGLEY’S SON 16-YEAR-OLD BRUCE HAGANS VANISHED AFTER WITNESSES SAY HE WAS SHOT INSIDE OF A CAR AND THEN THE CAR SPED OFF. LANGLEY SAYS SHE KNEW RIGHT THEN HER SON WAS GONE. CANITA: HE CAME OUT OF ME. I FELT MY SON GET SHOT I FELT MY SON TAKE HIS LAST BREATHS. KELSI: LANGLEY SAYS FOR THE LAST WEEK SHE’S JUST BEEN HOLDING ON TO HOPE HIS BODY WOULD BE FOUND. CANITA: I PRAYED TO GOD JUST LET ME FIND HIS BODY IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE THAT I CAN GIVE HIM A DECENT BURIAL AND THAT HIS FRIENDS COULD SEE HIS FACE FOR THE LAST TIME. KELSI: POLICE SAY A TIP LEAD THEM TO HAGANS’ BODY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LANGLEY SAYS SHE COULDN’T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO THAT PERSON. CANITA: I JUST THANK THE ONE THAT MADE THE CALL, THE ONE THAT WALKED UP ON MY CHILD BODY OR HOWEVER HE -- THEY FOUND HIM. I’M JUST GRATEFUL. I’M THANKFUL. MY HEART WILL ALWAYS GO OUT TO THAT PERSON. KELSI: POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT HAGANS VANISHED IN. HAGANS FAMILY SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR ANS

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One week after an Amber Alert was issued for a 16-year-old boy, investigators said they've found his body.Winter Garden police say the body of Bruce Hagans, 16, was found in a shallow grave in a wooded area off Robertson Street in Wedgefield Friday afternoon.Police had issued an Amber Alert for Hagans last Friday after witnesses told officers Hagans had been shot inside of a car, and then that car drove off.Police say Luis Mario Rivera Senior, 49, helped move Hagans' body and dispose of evidence.Officers are questioning more people and say more charges are expected to come.WESH 2 News spoke with Hagans' mother after she heard that her son's body had been found."I really can't say how I'm feeling. I'm just grateful to God that my son's body was found," said Canita Langley, Hagans' mother.Langley says this last week has been the worst of her life."I didn't sleep, I had nightmares of my son calling, 'Ma, Ma. Dad, Dad,'" she said.Last week, her son vanished after witnesses said he was shot inside of a car and then the car sped off.Langley says she knew right then that her son was gone."He came out of me. I felt my son get shot. I felt my son take his last breaths," she said.Langley says for the last week, she's just been holding on to hope that his body would be found."I just prayed to God, 'Just let me find his body in good enough shape that I can give him a decent burial that his friends could see his face for the last time,'" she said.Police say a tip led them to Hagans' body Friday afternoon.Langley says she couldn't be more grateful to that person."I just thank the one that made the call, the one that walked up on my child's body or however they found him. I'm just grateful. I'm thankful. My heart will always go out to that person," she said.Police say they are still searching for the driver of the car from which Hagans vanished. Hagans' family says they will continue to search for answers until justice is served.