UPDATE: The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Carter has been found safe!

Police have found a 2-year-old boy who had been reported missing out of Central Florida.

Officials said 2-year-old Carter Cox had last been seen Thursday in Groveland, Florida.

FDLE issued a Florida Missing Child Alert Thursday morning, and cancelled the alert approximately four hours later after saying the little boy had been found safe.

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