Where Are the Kids?
Individual Recovery / Search verified

No operation name published

Tennessee / Blount County

Reported / announced2019-05-22
Record statusVerified
CHILDREN FOUND contribution1
1 missing child safely recovered
The event

What happened

The Department of Justice documented a 22-hour, roughly 100-person search involving the local sheriff and fire departments, TBI, FBI and Army National Guard. Firefighters found the missing six-year-old and his dog and got the child medical treatment.

Purpose

Find a missing six-year-old boy during a large multiagency mountain search.

Disclosure note: No individual child identities are stored.

The numbers

Reported outcomes

1
Recovered

Source wording: “extraordinary acts that lead to the safe recovery of missing or abducted children”

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The people and agencies

Who went looking

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The receipts

Sources

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primary U.S. Department of Justice — Justice Department Honors Tennessee Firefighters for Rescuing Lost Boy and His Dog 2019-05-22

Supports: Missing-child classification and positive outcome.
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