A 3-year-old boy who was reported missing Monday morning in Paulding County has been found safe.

The child, identified only as Mason in a sheriff’s office alert, is in the custody of a relative.

Authorities have not released details about how and where the boy was found.

In other news:

Police swarmed the area around a home along Williamsburg Lane near Norcross.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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