Missing 3-year-old Missouri boy found alive

Thursday, May 7, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
BY The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — A 3-year-old southeast Missouri boy missing for more than two days has been found alive, three miles from his rural home.

Madison County Sheriff David Lewis says a volunteer found Joshua Childers in the rugged terrain of the Mark Twain National Forest. The boy had slipped out of his house more than 50 hours earlier, wearing a T-shirt, sneakers and a pull-up diaper.

Joshua was taken to the Iron County Hospital for evaluation in the emergency room. Hospital CEO Ed Gast said the initial assessment was that the boy was in fair condition. It wasn't immediately clear whether he would remain for observation.

Joshua wandered away about 11:30 a.m. Monday from his parents' home near the small, secluded town of Arcadia, about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. Police were called 45 minutes later.

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