Missing Child, 1, Found Under Floorboards (unhurt, just a little dirty)

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.kptv.com/news/17951905/detail.html

Missing Child, 1, Found Under Floorboards
Police Say Child Dirty, Unhurt After Ordeal

POSTED: 7:35 pm PST November 10, 2008
UPDATED: 6:25 am PST November 11, 2008


WOODBURN, Ore. -- A 1-year-old child reported missing Monday was found under the floorboards of her grandparents' home, causing the floor to have to be torn up, police said.

Woodburn police responded to a call of a missing child on Sallal Rd. at about 5 a.m. Monday after the child's father woke to find the room his daughter had been sleeping in empty, officers said.

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About 15 officers arrived and were involved in an intense search of the house and the surrounding area but the baby could not be found, police said.

At 7:30 a.m., an officer heard the child coughing in the bedroom but still couldn't locate the girl, police said.

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Officers then cleared the room of furniture and began to tear up the floorboards using crowbars, police said.

Officers could then see the child at the other end of the room but couldn't get her to come out although she was conscious and appeared to be OK, police said.

The rest of the flooring then had to be torn up in order to get to the girl who was finally recovered, police said.

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Officers said it appears that somehow the child fell off the bed, got stuck in the opening and wiggled through.

After the case was resolved, Department of Human Services workers were called in and found the grandparents' home to be unsuitable for children, Officer John Mikkola said.

The parents of the three children then voluntarily invited DHS to come to their Mill City home that was also found to be unsuitable for children, Mikkola said.

DHS workers who took the three children into custody said the homes were just too dirty, Mikkola said.

photos at the end of the article

[Midlodemocrat]

1. I shouldn't laugh, but it reminds of my friend Beth

who couldn't find her 1yo one time and called the police and had all of us searching the yard and the woods, etc.

Well, the child finally just 'appeared' in the kitchen. She'd been sleeping under a pile of laundry under the kitchen table.

I don't think we'll ever let Beth forget that. :rofl:

Far from the neatest housekeeper, she is.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. lol.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. Thank God The Child's Ok. I Had A Pit In My Stomach From Your Title,

and am relieved as hell to find out the child is ok.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. That's the title of the article... A little misleading I guess. sorry.

[uppityperson]

3. Glad they found her alive.

[onehandle]

5. Neato hiding place.

Kids love climbing into cave like areas. I know I did.