SAWYERVILLE, Ill. — The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office thanked the public for helping spread the word about a missing child who was found safe.
Family members said they last saw the 9-year-old boy at about 11:30 p.m. Monday at his home in Sawyerville. He was found safe at a relative's home in Gillespie Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff's office wrote in an update.
"Thank God he is safe. I would like to thank everyone that responded," the sheriff's office said.
Deputies and the county’s search and rescue team were on the scene looking for the young boy. The sheriff’s office also started to organize a volunteer search party shortly before the boy was found safe.
