ENFIELD, CT. (WWLP) – K-9 Odin of the Enfield Police Department helped to find a missing juvenile who was reported to have possibly made suicidal statements before leaving his home on Thursday.

According to the Enfield Police Department’s K-9 Unit, on Thursday at approximately 5:27 p.m., K-9 Odin was requested to help assist with a track for a juvenile who was reported missing and possibly made suicidal statements before leaving his house on a skateboard. 

A perimeter was established, and a track was conducted which spanned one mile long, leading officers down a wooded path, and into swampland, where the juvenile skateboard was found.

K-9 Odin continued to track back towards the main road where the juvenile was seen running through a nearby backyard where he was located by perimeter units.  K9 Odin continued his track to where the juvenile was located.

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