Missing kid found in buff

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RCMP are thanking a Canada Post employee for helping solve a case involving a nude toddler who went missing in Prince George.

The three-year-old boy was wearing nothing but rubber boots when he was found.

Temperatures in Prince George were barely nudging zero, when RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass says the child was spotted in the Spruceland neighbourhood.

Douglass says the matter was turned over to child welfare authorities, and officers concluded no crime had occurred.

Douglass says an RCMP tracking dog was brought in to trace the youngster's steps, but the animal had lost the trail until the postal worker noticed some snowy footsteps overlooked by others.

"We were able to track them back. I'm sure, eventually, we probably would have got there, but the employee certainly sped things up, which was nice," says Douglass.

"I know how kids move, and sometimes they just slip by," he says.