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3-year-old boy who vanished near home found alive, officials say
A 3-year-old boy in Texas who has been missing since Wednesday has been found alive, officials said Saturday.
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Christopher Ramirez was last seen playing with a neighbor's dog while his mother unloaded groceries from her car outside their home in Grimes County Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. He followed the dog into the woods, and while the dog returned, he didn't.
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© KTRK Araceli Nunez, the mother of missing 3 year-old Christopher Ramirez, makes a tearful plea during a press conference on Oct. 7, 2021, for the public to help her find her son.Search crews, including FBI personnel and community volunteers, had scoured the region with no signs of the boy for days.
MORE: Mother pleads for help amid desperate search for missing 3-year-old in TexasAround noon local time Saturday, Texas EquuSearch, an organization that assists in search and recovery, announced that Christopher had been found. It shared a photo of him shirtless in a car, being cradled by a woman, though did not provide further details.
Crews and community volunteers had been canvassing the wooded area, using drones and dogs to track Christopher's scent, authorities said. On Friday, Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said they had expanded the search perimeter and would continue to search through the night and weekend.
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© Texas EquuSearchSowell had said there was no evidence of foul play, and family members were not persons of interest.
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© Texas EquuSearch Christopher Ramirez in a photo posted to the Texas EquuSearch Facebook page on Oct. 9, 2021."I am asking you all to please help and find my son. I don't know anything about him, and a lot of time has passed. I don't know what to do. Please everyone help me," she told reporters in Spanish at a press conference Thursday.
"I'm desperate and my heart has a hole in it. Please bring back my son, please help me," she said.
ABC News' Deena Zaru contributed to this report.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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