RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. — School bus driver Mebal Kaanyi was finishing her route near Chandler and Owasso Boulevard on Thursday when she saw a young boy running toward Lake Owasso.

“I see this little guy coming, running down the street,” Kaanyi recalled. “He was crying and running. He was not dressed. He was in, I think, undies and just a short-sleeve shirt. He did not have a sweatshirt on him. He did not have shoes on him. It was cold that day."

At the time, Kaanyi did not know that the boy had been reported missing by his aunt, who called 911 to report that her nephew had run off and couldn't be found.

Ramsey County Sgt. Matt Marson was one of three deputies who responded to the call. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they found the four-year-old boy wrapped in towels and sittin

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