Video footage has captured the moment that a two-year-old boy was found by police in a blackberry bush hours after he went missing.
River Schomaker was reported missing by his mother, Hollie Markusen, on Saturday morning at 6am in Portland, Oregon.
Media briefing on missing 2-year-old River tentatively at 12:30 p.m. at NE 65th/Broadway. No updates on search yet. pic.twitter.com/FKOTIbTE87
— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) February 18, 2017
Ms Markusen told a local radio station, Oregon Live, that she woke up and discovered that her son was not in bed with her.
He was found more than five hours later after a Search and Rescue dog discovered the toddler, clad in his pyjamas, in blackberry bushes several blocks from his house.
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See the moment a missing 2-year-old boy is found in bushes by a search and rescue dog: https://t.co/ULeQo5jOb2
— People (@people) February 19, 2017
River was taken to the hospital for treatment for exposure to cold and scratches and bruises, according to People.com.
#Chopper2 captured police and search crews pulling the missing toddler, River, from the blackberry bushes in NE Portland Saturday morning. pic.twitter.com/NmT9XQOpe3
— KATU News (@KATUNews) February 19, 2017
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