Teen boy found safe after leaving Maryland home during weekend snow storm
Bel Air, Md. police and Maryland State Police find a boy who left his home during a winter snow storm on Jan. 25, 2026. (Bel Air Police Department)
HARTFORD COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 15-year-old boy in Bel Air, Maryland, was found in the cold a mile from his home after going missing during Sunday's winter storm, according to the city's police department.
Police said the boy left his home between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Jan. 25 without his family knowing and as temperatures dropped below freezing.
A Maryland State Police K9 and Bel Air police later found the boy in a wooded area roughly a mile away from his home and near several houses.
He was taken for a medical evaluation but later released to his family.
