Overview
- Callahan Pierce, 8, vanished near 236 Moraine Street on Tuesday evening, triggering a large search with state air units, drones, K-9 teams, and a mobile command post at Marshfield Country Club.
- Police asked neighbors to check doorbell and security videos and told people to stay away from the area because extra human scent can disrupt tracking dogs and thermal cameras.
- He was located safe in Duxbury after walking about two miles through dark, muddy woods in near-freezing temperatures, according to the Marshfield police chief.
- Homeowners saw him in their backyard, brought him inside for food, and then called police, who reunited him with his family.
- The chief said the child had run away and hidden in the woods, and police will file a standard report with child welfare authorities with no abuse or neglect suspected.