Successful end to Vancouver Island search for missing three-year-old boy
COMOX, B.C. — Rescuers say a three-year-old boy who wandered away from his Vancouver Island home Sunday evening has been found safe — and covered in berry juice.
Const. Rob Gardner with the Comox Valley RCMP said Lochlan McKenzie was playing in the yard of his home near Union Bay, south of Courtenay, Sunday evening when he went missing.
It appears as though the little boy simply decided to ride his scooter bike further than he was supposed to, Gardner said.
Crews searched all night and a team on an ATV found McKenzie near a logging road several kilometres from his home around 11 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours after he had gone missing.