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Idaho boy missing in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest found safe

(Photo courtesy of Summit County Sheriff's Office) Stratton Joshua Wright, 9, became separated from his family while hiking in the Henry's Fork area Wednesday night and continues to be missing.

  | July 2, 2020, 3:33 p.m.
| Updated: 6:25 p.m.

A 9-year-old Idaho boy that went missing in a wilderness area of Summit County Wednesday night was found Thursday morning.

Stratton Joshua Wright was hiking with family members west of Bear Lake in the Henry’s Fork drainage area of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest when he became separated from the group at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office was notified at about 9:46 p.m., and began a ground and air search for the boy.

After searching unsuccessfully through the night, dog teams as well as additional searchers on foot and on horseback joined the hunt on Thursday morning.