(officer.com) – PORT WENTWORTH, Georgia — A 2-year-old girl reported missing in Port Wentworth early Wednesday morning was found safe in the woods near her neighborhood.
The girl was identified as Kamiyah Imani Vicks by Missing Persons of America.
“By the grace of God this child was located, and she is fine and on her way to the hospital now to be checked out,” announced Matt Libby, director of public safety for Port Wentworth.
The girl had minor scrapes and was feared to be dehydrated, Libby said.
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She was found in the woods around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Major Lee Sherrod of the Port Wentworth Police Department said Kamiyah had last been seen with her mother around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The toddler was in a stroller and wearing leopard-print shorts, he said.
“The last place that she was seen was in the area of Benton Boulevard and the Highlands, which is just on the other side of those woods,” Sherrod said at a media briefing earlier Wednesday in the Lake Shore neighborhood.
