By Canadian Press

Missing 12-year-old

Whistler RCMP tracks down family of child found alone and barefoot

Sep 8, 2024 | 11:43 AM

WHISTLER, B.C. — RCMP in British Columbia say they’ve found the family of a boy who was found barefoot and wandering alone in Whistler over the weekend.

Mounties in Whistler say they responded to a report of an unaccompanied child, who they believed was about 12-years old, on Saturday night at Dairy Queen on Main Street.

Police said the boy was barefoot and described him as “completely non-verbal.”

They issued a public appeal on Sunday as they tried to locate the boy’s family and reported success hours later.

Staff Sgt. Kris Clark issued a statement saying Mounties had located the family and they would be reuniting them with the boy shortly, but offered no other details.

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Clark thanked the public and the media for helping to make the reunion possible.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 8, 2024.

The Canadian Press