East Wenatchee Police Briefly On High Alert After Daycare Reports Missing Child

Police in Douglas County briefly went on a high state of alert late Wednesday morning after a young child was reported missing from a daycare.

It unfolded during the eleven o'clock hour when the facility - located on 3rd Street Southeast in East Wenatchee, called police to report that one of the children in its care was unaccounted for and presumed to be off the premises.

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Officers immediately scrambled to launch an extensive search for the missing boy, but after about a half-an-hour, it was learned that he was safely in the care of his mother, who hadn't taken him to the daycare that morning.

The erroneous report was later chalked up to a mistake by the daycare's staff, who had apparently added the child to their daily headcount without realizing he was not present.