Casey Hathaway.Photo: Locate The Missing/Facebook
Casey Hathaway, the 3-year-old boy whowent missing earlier this week from his grandmother’s yardin North Carolina, has been found alive.
The toddler was reportedly in good health but was being treated at Carolina East Medical Center, and has since reunited with his family, Lynch explained.
Breanna Hathaway, who identified herself in a Facebook post as Hathaway’s aunt, also confirmed the discovery of her nephew on the social media site.
“Casey is healthy, smiling, and talking. He said he hung out with a bear for two days God sent him a friend to keep him safe,”she wrote. “God is good God. Miracles do happen”
At this time, there are no other details available regarding Hathaway’s disappearance.
Locate The Missing/Facebook
On Tuesday, the little boy was playing outside the house in Craven County, North Carolina, with two other children, but he “did not come back inside with them,” Lynch told PEOPLE in a statement.
Despite strong winds and heavy rain, search teams and concerned community members were tirelessly combing the woods in the area since Hathaway disappeared, hoping to find the boy.
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Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes said during a Wednesdaynews conferencethat the situation was being treated as a missing person’s case, though they have not ruled out the possibility of kidnapping.
Hughes added that the little boy wasn’t dressed properly for the weather and he was concerned about ditches and sinkholes in the area. He noted that divers are searching ponds in the area.
source: people.com
