On Monday afternoon, the Conway Police Department searched more than 2 hours for a child who they say was taken by force.
Lt. Selena Small with the Conway Police Department says the incident happened on Temple Street in Conway around Noon Monday.
Police say extended family members took the 3 year old child, who was found safely in Myrtle Beach around 2:15 pm, Small said.
According to police, family members fled the area with the child in a 2000s model green Toyota Camry leaving Conway possibly headed towards Hwy 90 to Little river area.
It not clear exactly where the boy was found, although police said that Bandito’s restaurant on North Ocean Blvd. in Myrtle Beach was a site involved in the search..
Authorities earlier said that they did not have a tag number or state on the Toyota that was involved.
The vehicle is occupied by two Hispanic Males and 1 Hispanic female, who are possibly armed with a handgun, police said.
The child who was taken, Elijah Angel Levie, 3 years old, 3ft and 35lbs with Black hair and Blue Eyes
Before he was found, Elijah was last seen wearing a gray long sleeve T-Shirt with dark sleeves with the words “hard to handle” on the front with blue jeans.