WASHINGTON — A three-year-old boy found wandering by Arlington police Saturday was recognized by a family friend and returned to his family. The boy was found wandering on 4th Street N. at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Intense social media coverage is credited with helping the effort to reunite him with his parents. An update that the boy was located was Tweeted out  by 9 p.m. Police took to social media Saturday to see if anyone recognized the child. It remains unclear why and how the boy took to wandering.

UPDATE Parents located! Thanks for everyone’s help, a friend of the family saw the coverage and tracked down dad pic.twitter.com/YoQmLRJLGV

— ArlingtonCountyPD (@ArlingtonVaPD) May 31, 2015