(Decatur County, IN) – There was a happy ending to a missing child case.
A massive search on the ground, in the air and underwater took place in southern Decatur County yesterday afternoon, after a two-year-old boy was reported missing shortly after 1 p.m. from a home on the 2000 block of West County Road 600 South.
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says the child was last seen wearing only a diaper and had been missing for about an hour before the report was made.
First responders immediately arrived in the area and initiated a search involving a long list of agencies.
The boy was found around 2:15 p.m. – asleep and unharmed – at a neighbor’s house.
Investigators say it appeared he got in through a dog door.
“This search was truly a team effort among all agencies involved,” Sheriff Bill Meyerrose said.
The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office received assistance from:
- Greensburg Police Department.
- Greensburg Fire Department.
- Decatur County Dispatch
- Decatur County Emergency Management
- Letts Volunteer Fire Dept. and Ambulance Service
- Westport Police Department
- Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Department
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources Dive Team due to three ponds near the search area
- Indiana State Police, which provided a dive team and helicopter as part of the air search
- Department of Child Services
- Decatur County Highway Department
- Decatur County/City of Greensburg IT Department
