'Truly a miracle': Drone helps locate girl, 10, who went missing while sleepwalking in Louisiana
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Days after a 10-year-old girl went missing in dense woods in the US state ofLouisianaafter sleepwalking, was found safe with the help of a thermal-imaging drone on September 15.
The community was trying to find Peyton Saintignan with the help of Louisiana State Police when she went missing, and one such volunteer named Josh Klober, the drone operator wanted to help and came up with the idea of locating the girl with the help of a drone.
Travelling 40 miles from his home in Arkansas, Klober arrived on September 15 with a drone equipped with thermal imaging capabilities from his company, Drone Management Services LLC, and started scanning the area.
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Meanwhile, massive searches were launched to find the girl. Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said that when his office was notified, "family and neighbours had already been looking for her about an hour" before the sheriff, Louisiana State Police and hundreds of volunteers joined in to find the missing child.
A trail camera used by hunters deep in the wilderness snapped a picture of the 10-year-old and the search and rescue team started looking for her.
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Klober, on the other hand, set up his gear with the help of the sheriff’s department, including a generator and a large flat-screen TV before launching his drone into the woods.
The drone located Peyton all curled up in the fetal position on the ground in thick woods about 20 minutes after Klober’s drone took flight.
“We saw the purple and white pajamas that she had been wearing,” Klober told local media.
“She was laying there. She wasn’t moving and everybody was just kind of holding their breath.”
Officials were able to direct rescuers to her location, and moments later, around 11:00 pm (local time), the sleepwalking child was woken up by her best friend’s dad and taken to safety.
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Peyton walked over 1.5 miles from her home when she was found, as per the police. Parker said it was "truly a miracle" that the 10-year-old was unharmed when she was found.
“Other than some mosquito bites, she was perfect,” Parker said.
First responders and Child Protective Services did her thorough check-up before returning home. The girl was a known sleepwalker, as per the family, but this was the first time that she left her home while doing so.
(With inputs from agencies)