DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The search is over for two young children who disappeared from home for hours.
Channel 2 Action News went to Waldrop Hills Drive on Thursday night.
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DeKalb Police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they were searching for an 11-year-old boy and his 10-year-old friend.
Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco was live from the scene on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.
Family members were in tears after learning the two young classmates had disappeared.
A cousin of one of the boys said she was on the phone when he came home from school around 3 p.m. She asked how his day was and he said it was “all good.”
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She said by the time she had hung up the phone, she checked and he was gone.
But the boys were found after eight hours of searching.
Police told Channel 2 Action News that someone found the boys outside nearby at a convenience store.
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