Woodbury Authorities Find Missing 10-Year-Old Boy

have located a 10-year-old boy who went missing at about 5 p.m. Thursday.

He was found in a wooded area near a park not far from his home, which is at the 2400 block of Cottage Grove Drive.

Woodbury police, firefighters, a K9 unit from Washington County and neighbors were part of the search party.

The child came home after school but later left, said Tom Frazer, a communications coordinator with Washington County.

The boy lives in the Stonemill Farms neighborhood. Frazer said he has no behavioral problems.

Woodbury Cmdr. Kris Mienert said the boy's siblings saw him come home and grab his shoes and jacket. Authorities checked area schools and playgrounds, she said.

An officer in the area at about 8 p.m. said they had checked the park along Woodcrest Drive before but couldn't find him initially because he was in the woods.

Police spoke with the boy's parents, who reported that he hadn't been having any major issues at school or at home, Mienert said.