Who doesn't love a happy ending? It's just that they're so rare on the evening news. For those who haven't heard, three-year-old Kienan Hebert, who went missing from his Sparwood, B.C. home, has been safely returned.
RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk confirmed that a suspect in the case delivered the boy to his family's home in the wee hours of Sunday morning. His parents, who'd been living at a neighbour's house while their own home was cordoned off while the investigation continued, returned to find their little boy sitting on the couch with his blanket.
"In general, the little guy appears to be in good health," Moskaluk told reporters. "We've got a child back. We've got a child returned. I've never been able to say that."
It's thought that the child was returned by the abductor after Kienan's father made an emotional plea on Saturday to whoever had his son.
"We're just asking please bring Kienan to a safe place right now, like a gas station or a store parking lot where he's visibly seen and just drop him off there," Paul Hebert said at an RCMP news conference. "Walk away. We just want him safe."
It remains to be seen if 46-year-old Randall Hopley, a convicted sex offender, was involved in the child's disappearance or safe return.
The investigation goes on, but at least the boy is home with his family. Pass the Kleenex.
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