Five-Year-Old Found Safe After Overnight Search at Conroe Resort

CONROE, TX -- On July 8, 2025, at approximately 1:45 a.m., the Conroe Police Department responded to a report of a missing five-year-old child at 8350 Piney Shores Drive (Holiday Inn Piney Shores Resort).

Officers, assisted by the Conroe Police Patrol and Investigations Division, Conroe Fire Department, Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Montgomery Fire Department, and North Montgomery Fire Department, conducted an extensive search of the area. Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Montgomery County Hospital District also assisted.

At approximately 9:25 a.m., the child was located safe in good health and reunited with his family. The investigation revealed the child had wandered out of his family’s condo while they slept and somehow entered an adjacent unoccupied unlocked unit, where he went back to sleep.

Chief Buckholtz and the Conroe Police Department are grateful for the swift and coordinated efforts of all agencies involved and are thankful for the safe recovery of the child. We are blessed by this positive outcome with a healthy child returned unharmed to this family.