Overview
- Authorities say 12-year-old Joshua Wilson has been found safe and the IAN Alert issued for his disappearance has been canceled.
- Kentucky State Police issued the IAN Alert after Wilson was reported last seen near Village Lane in Russell Springs and launched a search with local responders.
- Officials released Wilson’s description during the search as a white boy about 4 feet 10 inches tall and 100 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes who may have been wearing black ball shorts.
- IAN Alerts are used when children under 18 who have autism or a mental illness go missing and may be in danger, a system designed to speed a public and law enforcement response.
- Police coordinated with Russell County dispatch during the search and reported that Wilson is being reunited with his family while no further details about the circumstances have been released.