Police are looking for missing toddler Ajay Sardis. This photo was provided by his family.
A 3-year-old boy missing overnight from a home in the 5400 block of Northeast 34th Street was found safe Friday morning.
“We’ve got him,” an officer radioed just after 7 a.m.
The toddler was apparently found by a neighbor. Police took him to their nearby West Precinct, where he was checked by medics and reunited with his mother.
Ajay J. Sardis was staying with a relative at her apartment on 34th Street when he was last seen about 1:15 a.m. The relative woke to check on Ajay at about 3 a.m., found him missing, and notified police.
The door to the apartment was unlocked. The boy reportedly had no hat, coat or shoes.
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Police and firefighters searched the area, and asked neighbors to check areas in and around their homes, especially in places where a 3-year-old might hide to get out of the rain and cold. It was one of those neighbors who found the boy around 7 a.m.
A TV image showed the boy alert, sitting on an officer’s lap in a squad car, wearing a Vancouver police hat.
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