A young boy's body was discovered Friday evening on Galveston Beach, and authorities have not been able to identify him, KHOU-TV reports. 
 
 Local agencies have not yet found a missing persons report that matches the child . 
 
 Someone spotted the body in the surf about 5:30 p.m., police said. The boy is white and appeared to be between the ages of 3 and 5, police said in a Facebook post. 
 
 “It’s just heartbreaking that this little boy doesn’t have anybody to claim him," Tina Bebout, who organized a vigil Saturday, told KHOU. “I mean, this boy did not deserve this, and I couldn’t sit at home and not do anything.” ||||| Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the body of a young boy found dead on a Texas beach. 
 
 The boy’s body was found lying in the sand on Galveston Island around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, police say. 
 
 An unidentified caller contacted police after seeing “an object” near the water and discovered it was the body of a small child upon closer inspection. 
 
 Galveston Police Department contacted “one of the most experienced and best forensic artists in the nation,” police said in a press release. 
 
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 Lois Gibson rendered a sketch of the child for police. 
 
 The boy is described as being approximately 3 feet tall with a slender build, black hair and brown eyes. He is estimated to be between 3 and 5 years old. 
 
 Police released a sketch of the dead boy described as being approximately 3 feet tall with a slender build, black hair and brown eyes. (Galveston Police Department) 
 
 Galveston Police searched databases for a missing child who would match the boy’s description alongside local and federal agencies, but found nothing. 
 
 Official Medical Examiner reports are not yet available, but police are treating the death as a homicide until they “can unequivocally prove otherwise.” 
 
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 Police called the case extremely unusual and said the circumstances surrounding the death grow more suspicious as time goes on. 
 
 The Galveston Police Department asks that anyone with information regarding the identity of the child call them at 409-765-3776. 
 
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– On Friday evening a person walking in a sparsely populated area of Galveston Beach in southeast Texas spotted the body of a young boy in the surf and called the police. Three days later, authorities have still not be able to identify the boy. Local police can say that the boy is white and appears to be between the ages of 3 and 5, the Dallas Morning News reports. At a news conference Friday Galveston Police Capt. Joshua Schirard called the case "unusual." "It’s very difficult as a police officer, as a police agency and as a community to have the death of a small child, lying in the sand and to not have any answers to give anyone,” he said. Local police searched the missing-child databases of surrounding counties and federal agencies, including the Coast Guard and US Customs, but found nothing. In a press release, Galveston police say they had brought in "one of the most experienced and best forensic artists in the nation" to help them make a positive ID, the New York Daily News reports. Police describe the boy as approximately three feet tall with black hair and brown eyes. They are currently treating the case as a homicide.