Police recovered the throat-slit body of a minor boy from Puratanpara in Sadar upazila on Saturday, six days after he went missing.
The deceased was identified as Hasan, 10, son of Mozaffar of the area.
Mir Asaduzzaman, additional superintendent of Natore police, said Ripon, a local, spotted the body while working in his bamboo cluster.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital for autopsy, he said, adding that the boy went missing on December 29.