Thanks to some Florida deputies, a three-year-old boy with autism is safe and back with his family.
Aedric’s grandmom was watching the young boy, but while she was in the bathroom, he unlocked the deadbolt on the door and walked out of their house.
As deputies reported, the boy wandered into the woods behind a neighbor’s house in Pace, a Pensacola suburb in the Florida Panhandle, and got lost.
At that point, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office began looking for the boy.
Deputies Robert Lenzo and Josh Chandler, along with K-9s Copper and Zinc, searched the area; after two unsuccessful hours, deputies released their bloodhounds.
In less than thirty minutes, Copper found the boy approximately 200 yards away.
Sheriff Bob Johnson said 28 minutes after the dog hit the trail, they found the boy, surrounded by mud and briars.
Deputies used a machete to reach little Aedric, but except for some scratches and bug bites, he was ok.
The sheriff’s office began using bloodhounds last year, and since then, the dogs have found nine people, including senior citizens, kids, and fleeing suspects.
At a news conference, the mother, Audra Hughes, said the most frightening words a mon can get on the phone are ‘your kid is missing, get home right now.’
Nevertheless, a couple of hours later, she received the best news in her entire life: ‘We found your kid.’”
The boys’ mother also thanked the many people of her neighborhood that were out trying to help in the search.
District One Commissioner Sam Parker congratulated the hardworking team on a job well done.
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