Missing two-year-old makes it a kilometre before being found

The Sudbury toddler was found safe by police a short time after being reported missing

Holding Scout is Const. Doug Ward of the Greater Sudbury Police Canine Unit while Const. Brett Burnett holds a Sudbury toddler police tracked down on Monday around dinner time. Photo supplied

SUDBURY — A frantic mother called Greater Sudbury Police at 5:21 p.m. Monday after her young son went missing from the family’s New Sudbury property.

She told police her two-year-old son had gone missing from the home.

GSPS mobilized officers from various units to search streets, businesses and playgrounds in the neighbourhood of the home.

Within 20 minutes, at 5:49 p.m., the toddler was located by the police canine team. He had wandered about one kilometre from his home in a wooded area.

Police said they figure the youngster wandered along dirt trail north of the house. He was playing in a nearby sand pit and was returned home in good health.

- Sudbury.com