Prentiss County 911 received a 911 call of a missing three year old child.

A CR 5051 resident reported that the three year old was her nephew and that they were asleep, but when she awakened the three year old was no where to be found and the door was open. She immediately reported the missing child with the description of the child and what he was wearing.

The call came in at 10:03 am. The first Deputies arrived on the scene within twelve minutes and began the search for the missing child. The child, dressed only in a diaper and a t-shirt was found about 1/2 mile from the house approximately 5-6 minutes later by one of the responding deputies, Deputy Derrick Hester. The child had apparently exited the house and wandered out into some cut over timber near the residence.

Deputy Hester, stated he could hear the child screaming and crying and quickly pinpointed where the child was in the thick undergrowth. This incident had the ultimate best outcome. We have not been able to determine how long the child was gone out of the residence before the Aunt was aware that he was missing. We had five Deputies and two investigators on the scene within minutes. Butch Owens was the 911 operator that received the initial call and did an outstanding job in relaying all the information to the Officers.