The corpse of one of the four children which were thrown from a coastal bridge by their father was reportedly found a few miles away from the crime scene by a duck hunter on Saturday.

The search for the four dead children - aged between a few months and 3 years - started Tuesday near the mouth of Mobile. Their father, Lam Luong, acknowledged that he threw them in the water in that area.

Early Saturday, a duck hunter discovered the body of one of the four unlucky infants about five miles west of the bridge in a swampy area.

A chaplain told the family that one of their children was found, said Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran. The mother, 23-year-old Kieu Phan, accompanied by the killer father had reported the missing children on Monday evening.

County Sheriff Cochran said the hopes of finding the rest of the bodies are higher after the search crew used sonar technology and saw images Friday that looked like three bodies.

"Currents were so strong divers were unable to get to the location," Cochran said. Divers re-entered the water Saturday beneath blue skies.

The 37-year-old father who killed his children is detained without bond on four counts of capital murder. Luong could be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole for his action.

According to District Attorney John Tyson Jr, Luong confessed to throwing his four children (Ryan Phan, 3, Hannah Luong, 2, Lindsey Luong, 1, and Danny Luong, 4 months) off a bridge after he had an argument with his wife.

Luong later changed his mind and claimed that his children were kidnapped by two Asian women. However, he was by a witness on the bridge with the children and by another one as he left the scene of the crime without the infants, said Cochran.