UPDATE: Sheriff’s deputies report the Georgia State Patrol located the boy in some woods by his house and he is safe.

Bryan County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a missing 9-year-old boy in the Saddlebrook subdivision in South Bryan County off of Highway 144 off of Sweet Hill Road.

The boy, who has Down syndrome, was last seen around 2 p.m. He was barefoot and wearing Spiderman pajamas. Anyone with information should contact the sheriff’s office at (912) 756-2181