A Virginia woman and her boyfriend have been arrested after a 3-year-old girl drowned in a river.

According to WSLS, Josie Burleson was found dead in the New River just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The girl had been reported missing around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Her mother, Kimberly Moore, and the mother's boyfriend, Adrian Puckett, told police that the girl was playing on a trail near a river when she wandered off.

"There were over 100 searchers looking for the child in the fields, trails, and in the water. This search was continuous for over five and a half hours," the Wythe County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post.

Moore and Puckett have been charged with reckless endangerment and more charges may come at a later date, authorities said.

"In this case, the parents of the child didn't pay attention and now they lost their child. The reason they weren't paying attention is because they were under the influence of methamphetamine," said Wythe County Sheriff Keith Dunagan. "That's why this child is deceased now."

Dunagan said he feels confident the pair is responsible for the girl's death.

"I believe that the child would be alive today if the adults that were supposed to be supervising her weren't high," said Dunagan.

He went on to say that the discovery of Josie Burleson's body was heartbreaking for searchers.

"When it's a small child, it's really different. Probably the worst thing for the responders is the fact that it is a small child, because it tugs at your heart a little bit more," he said.