8-Year-Old Found After Going Missing From Airbnb In New England Where His Family Was Staying

An 8-year-old boy who was reported missing from an Airbnb where his parents were staying in Western Massachusetts has been located, state police announced.

The missing boy had a happy reunion with his mother in Monterey
Photo Credit: *Massachusetts State Police*

Zak Failla

02/22/2022 4:30 p.m.

Shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Monterey Police Department in Berkshire County requested assistance from the Massachusetts State Police with a search for an 8-year-old boy who had been reported missing.

Police said that the child was missing since approximately 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning from an Airbnb house that he was staying at with his family.

The search involved members from:

State Police-Lee Barracks;
Lieutenant and sergeant from Troop B Headquarters;
Monterey Police;
Monterey Fire;
Great Barrington Police;
Williamstown Police;
Pittsfield Police;
State Police K9 units;
Barrington Police K9 units;
Troopers from the State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT).

According to police, shortly before 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning, SERT troopers Dan Fanion and Robert Berrena, along with a local resident who was assisting in the search, located the boy along the wood line behind a home on Fairview Road.

The boy has since been reunited with his parents safely.

Click here to follow Daily Voice Shelton and receive free news updates.