Searchers find a missing 4-year-old safe in Jenkinsville
More than 40 responders, including State Law Enforcement Division bloodhounds and the Department of Natural Resources, found Opel Hawkins safe Monday evening after an hours-long search in Fairfield County.
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Deputies in Fairfield County spent hours searching for Opel Hawkins, a 4-year-old who is nonverbal, and found the child safe Monday evening in Jenkinsville, WIS reported. More than 40 people took part, including bloodhounds from the State Law Enforcement Division and officers from the Department of Natural Resources.
The search ended with the child safe. The station's account is about the people who went out and the dogs that worked the ground, and about a Monday evening when the search stopped because Opel had been found.
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