Christopher Ramírez, the 3-year-old boy who disappeared on Wednesday in Grimes County, Texas, was found alive this Saturday, his stepfather confirmed to Noticias Telemundo.
The family was at their home when the police arrived and told their mother, Araceli Núñez, to get on the patrol.
Soon after, she was able to see her son after almost three days of anguish.
Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell assured our sister network NBC News that the child was found
almost five miles from his home
(8 km) at 11:15 am this Saturday.
Apparently he got lost in the woods, he added.
Sowell noted that
the boy is in good shape,
just quite thirsty.
"He had some water," he said.
Now he is with his mother, and the sergeant who has been working on the case, in an ambulance headed to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, to be checked.
Christopher Ramírez disappeared Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Courtesy of his family
The little boy ran after his dog who returned.
But the youngest no longer, according to a neighbor in this rural community more than 70 miles northwest of Houston.
Núñez begged on Thursday for any information about his whereabouts.
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"It's been a long time, I don't know what to do anymore (...) I'm desperate," Núñez said in statements to Noticias Telemundo Houston.
The authorities' efforts included several institutions such as the police, firefighters, the FBI, rescue agencies and hundreds of volunteers, who used all kinds of resources such as drones, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles to find the whereabouts of the minor.
Christopher Ramirez, the 3-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday in Grimes County, Texas, was found alive.Texas EquuSearch
