GORHAM (WGME) -- A game warden and his trained dog found a missing 11-year-old autistic girl in Gorham Saturday afternoon nearly a half-mile away from her home in the woods.
Officials say the girl ran away from her house on Whispering Pines Lane around 4 p.m. Her family called 911 when they couldn't find her.
The Gorham Police Department, the Maine Warden Service and Cumberland County Sheriff's office all responded to the scene.
Warden Michael Latti and his trained warden service dog Luna began an air scent search in the woods behind the house around 4:45 p.m. Luna found the girl's scent about ten minutes later and let Latti to the missing child, who was still wandering in the thick woods.
The girl had minor cuts and abrasions from walking in the woods, but didn't need medical attention.
Latti walked the girl back to her house and reunited her with her family.