Sheriff reunites with Casey Hathaway one year after boy vanished into NC woods

CRAVEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Wednesday marked one year since a 3-year-old boy disappeared into the North Carolina woods for nearly three days — an incredible story of survival that captured the nation’s attention.

Casey Hathaway wandered off into the woods by his house near New Bern, and miraculously emerged unscathed days later.

Casey is now four, and the sheriff who helped bring him home wanted to pay him a visit.