By Brendan Rascius
The Charlotte Observer
ROSCOMMON, Mich. — A missing toddler was found safe in a secluded swamp in Michigan, the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office said.
The ordeal began when a woman in Roscommon Township — a rural town about 200 miles northwest of Detroit — was unable to locate her 3-year-old son on June 12, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
After a complaint was made, deputies responded to the woman’s home, located in a “very remote area of the county, mostly wooded and swamp.”
An aviation unit with the Michigan State Police and K-9 units were then dispatched to help search, while nearby neighbors assisted as well.
A trooper and his K-9 partner, Loki, began tracking the child and traveled over three miles before making a discovery.
The pair found the missing child barefoot in a swamp about half a mile from his home.
He had managed to make it past two marshes and was unharmed, police said.
The trooper carried him out of the woods, and the “tiny explorer” was reunited with his mother.
“We are grateful for the positive ending to this scary situation, and for the keen nose on K-9 Loki,” local officials said in a statement posted to Facebook.
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