{"id":34050,"date":"2025-07-05T22:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=34050"},"modified":"2025-07-05T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:28:59","slug":"12-year-old-boy-found-alive-in-woods-3-days-after-he-went-missing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=34050","title":{"rendered":"12-Year-Old Boy Found Alive in Woods 3 Days After He Went Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19626\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 12-year-old boy was found alive in an Ohio park three days after he went missing, officials tell PEOPLE<br \/>\nThe child was in \u201cgood shape\u201d and taken home to his family<br \/>\nIt\u2019s unclear why he didn\u2019t return to his house<br \/>\nA 12-year-old boy from Ohio has been found safe three days after he went missing, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>On the afternoon of Friday, July 4, Cameron Jones was discovered in Crawford Woods Park in Hamilton \u2014 the same location he was reported missing \u2014 Chief John Adams of the Ohio LandSAR Search and Rescue confirms to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"08b56\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_08b56\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>The child was in a dense area of the woods when Adams\u2019 team came across him, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just jumped out,\u201d adds Adams. \u201cWe kind of spooked him, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The boy was in \u201cgood shape\u201d and was immediately transported to his parents\u2019 home by the local sheriff\u2019s department.<\/p>\n<p>The Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The boy has been missing since Tuesday, July 1, at 10 a.m. local time, when he left his home, officials said. At the time, he told his mom that he was heading to Crawford Woods Park, a 54-acre public park behind his house, FOX affiliate WXIX reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"03183\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_03183\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19627\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crawford-woods-park-ohio-070425-652410acb9b54511becf10cedcb09048.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crawford-woods-park-ohio-070425-652410acb9b54511becf10cedcb09048.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crawford-woods-park-ohio-070425-652410acb9b54511becf10cedcb09048-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crawford-woods-park-ohio-070425-652410acb9b54511becf10cedcb09048-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crawford-woods-park-ohio-070425-652410acb9b54511becf10cedcb09048-768x512.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But Jones didn\u2019t go back. Concerned, the family submitted a missing persons report and the Butler County Sheriff\u2019s Office began investigating the disappearance, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>By the evening of Wednesday, July 2, Jones\u2019 family reached out to Ohio LandSAR, Adams tells PEOPLE. The search and rescue team consists entirely of volunteers and is based in Mount Carmel.<\/p>\n<p>Adams\u2019 team was in the park the next day and searched for the missing teen until 9 or 10 p.m. that evening. The search began again at 8:30 a.m. on the Fourth of July, and Jones was found hours later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1724541\" data-uid=\"02641\">\n<div id=\"mgw1724541_02641\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what caused Jones to not return home. Adams says the boy didn\u2019t say much to the rescue team when they found him. He does not have further information about the reason behind Jones\u2019 disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something that the parents and the police will have to get involved with,\u201d says Adams. \u201cWe just got out there and we just try to find him. 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