Phenix Wilkerson, Alabama 4-year-old missing since Friday, found safe

Phenix Wilkerson, Alabama 4-year-old missing since Friday, found safe

A 4-year-old in southeast Alabama that disappeared from his family’s camper on Friday has been found safe, WVTM reported.

Phenix Wilkerson went missing in Clayton on Friday afternoon.

Social media reports indicate Phenix was taken from the search area by ambulance on Sunday afternoon. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Efforts by AL.com to reach officials in Barbour County were not immediately successful.

His mother, Shyanne Ray, previously told news outlets she was “distraught” since she came back to the camper and the door was ajar.

Since then, Barbour County Sheriff’s Office and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation and aviation units searched for Wilkerson, alongside a team of local volunteers.

Barbour County Sheriff Tyrone Smith told WTVM that authorities had helicopters, divers and on the-ground searchers looking for Wilkerson.

This is a breaking story that will be updated.