The boys decided to sleep in the woods and “wait for the sun to come up,” the police chief tells PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW
- Two young brothers were found safe in a wooded area in central Mississippi in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 3
- The search began the evening before, after the siblings got lost in the woods
- Authorities urge parents to arrange a set time for children to return home when they’re playing outside
After an overnight search, two young brothers were found alive and well in a wooded area in central Mississippi.
On Saturday, Aug. 2, authorities received a report at around 8 p.m. local time that two boys, ages 8 and 10, were missing near Cato Circle in Pearl, a city of about 27,000 people just east of Jackson, the state capital. The residential area is surrounded by dense woods, the Chief of the Pearl Police Department, Nick McLendon, tells PEOPLE.
Before their family reported them missing, the brothers were playing outside, in a ditch near the edge of the tree line…