An 11-year-old boy missing since Monday afternoon has been found safe in Habersham County. Xavier Anderson was reunited with his parents late Monday night after a homeowner he approached recognized him and called 911.
Andeson had been missing since around 4:41 p.m. Monday when he was last seen on Hazel Creek Road. He was found approximately three miles from there around 10 p.m.
The sheriff’s office credits the community for helping to bring the search to a successful end.
“In this case not only did we have our K-9 out and our criminal investigators, the community was really the twelfth man,” says Habersham County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Kevin Angell. “The information we put out was shared more than 1,000 times and it led to a community member calling us because the child came to their front porch. We were able to return him home safely thanks to the community’s response to our social media post.”
