Missing 8-Month-Old Baby Found Alive In Louisiana Field

Well, this is a blessing you don’t hear about every day. An 8-month-old missing baby was found in a field after going missing overnight.

8-month-old Niguel Jackson was recovered Wednesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and taken to a nearby hospital for precautionary medical treatment.

“It’s believed that the mother suffered apparent medical issues,” a Facebook post made by the city’s police department stated.

“No charges are pending at this point in time. This investigation remains ongoing,” officials added.

Both the police department and Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services assisted in the hours-long search for Niguel, who was eventually spotted in a field from a police helicopter, PEOPLE reported.

“The medics jumped on him and started treating him right away and … I think he’s gonna be fine,” EMS spokesperson Mike Chuzta told WAFB. “It’s still in a dangerous area but still think that it’s just a miracle basically to see the condition he was in. I did not expect that at all.”

Niguel went missing Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, his mother led first responders to an area near a church close to their home, where she claimed she had left Niguel the previous day.

Family members told authorities that the mother had Niguel with her when she left home on Tuesday, but he was not with her when she arrived at the fire station to report him missing that same day.

Chuzta said the baby “didn’t even cry during the rescue.”

“The timing didn’t give us a lot of hope, but the baby was tough,” he said.