The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office utilized a drone to locate a lost 3-year-old.
On August 25th, just before 9:00 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a missing child on Marshview Road in the Township of Alto.
The caller claimed the child wandered into a cornfield behind their house.
At this point, the Alto Fire Department was called for a manpower search.
This also included the request of a drone operator to aid in finding the 3-year-old.
The drone used was equipped with thermal cameras to find the child in the dark.
At approximately 9:30, the drone operator located a small heat signature in the middle of the cornfield.
A deputy was then guided to the heat signature’s location, and at 9:46, the missing child was located unharmed.
The child was roughly half a mile away from home when located.
The Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the City of Fond du Lac Police Department Drone Team and the Alto Fire Department.