DUBBERLY, La. ( KNWA/KFTA ) — A 10-year-old missing for 24 hours was found safe in a dense, wooded area of Louisiana thanks to an Arkansas drone company that joined the search on Sunday, Sept. 15.
The girl was last seen at her bedtime late the night before, wearing her pajamas.
When there was still no sign of her Sunday morning, Josh Klober, co-owner of Drone Management Services of Magnolia, Ark., couldn’t ignore the news. His phone and social media were blowing up as hours went by and there was no news of her whereabouts.
Klober looked at his wife and said “I feel like we need to go down there.” They made the trip an hour and a half away from home.
Hundreds of volunteers, helicopters, tracking dogs and off-road utility vehicles were already on the ground helping the search. Klober waited until the police told him they needed him.
“There’s big wooded areas around but I’m trying to think like a 10-year-old,” Klober said. “I think she was walking by the road supposedly and I didn’t figure she’d get too far off it, so I just kind of wanted to stay 30-40 yards off the road.”