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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

The missing boy had a happy reunion with his mother in Monterey

Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Police

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. 

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