Missing three-year-old boy found alive in Amur region

A three-year-old boy missing from Troitskoye in Russia’s Amur region was found alive in a cornfield, the National Centre for Missing and Injured Children reported on October 14.

Before he was found, the child had been seen heading towards the village exit. Regional outlet Port Amur reported that he had been spotted on Yuzhnaya Street during the day.

Volunteers from the Amur search-and-rescue team checked village streets and surrounding land. Team leader Tatyana Shalashova told the outlet that the boy was located late in the evening.

Shalashova said his life was not in danger. The reports did not give details of any medical examination, how long he had been missing or how he came to be in the field.