A 6-year-old Baldwin boy is back home safe with his family after going missing for several hours Monday night.
Baldwin Police Chief Charlie Webb says the boy’s 15-year-old sister was babysitting him and five other siblings when the young boy went missing.
Officers responded to the 200 block of Lakeview Court around 9 p.m. to conduct a welfare check after receiving a complaint.
“It was determined that the 6-year-old male had not been seen for approximately three hours, because the siblings believed that he had been with another one of the siblings,” Webb states.
Officers from the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, Baldwin Fire Department, Alto and Cornelia Police Departments, Habersham Rescue, Lee Arrendale State Prison K-9, and Georgia State Patrol Aviation responded and assisted with the search. The search spread out over several acres around the residence for approximately two hours.
The child was found healthy and safe at approximately 11:50 p.m. in close proximity to the residence.
“The Baldwin Police Department would like to thank all of the agencies that assisted with bringing the child back home to his family safely and quickly,” Webb says.
