The search party inspected several water tanks and reservoirs in the area. They also conducted ground searches with K9 units and surveyed the area with drones and helicopters. Officials also reviewed surveillance footage from nearby homes.

4,444 search operations were halted on Friday afternoon as authorities awaited information from emergency calls or through their control center.

“It looks like a little boy was just lost in the woods,” Sowell said, adding that he was found almost 5 miles from his home in Plantersvillel!

The boy and his mother, Araceli Núñez, have already been reunited. While Christopher seemed “in good shape,” the boy was taken to a children’s hospital out of precaution, Sowell said.

More than 150 law enforcement officials from several agencies as well as search organizations and volunteers had been searching for Christopher since Wednesday.

The search party inspected several water tanks and reservoirs in the area. They also conducted ground searches with K9 units and surveyed the area with drones and helicopters. Officials also reviewed surveillance footage from nearby homes.

4,444 search operations were halted on Friday afternoon as authorities awaited information from emergency calls or through their control center.

Christopher initially disappeared while his mother and another family member were unloading groceries from their car at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday The boy was playing with his dog outside the home and chased it out of sight of the adults, the family said.

While the dog came back to the house, the boy did not.