At around 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning, the Michigan State Police announced that the missing 15-year-old from Livingston County was found and home safe.
They had issued an Endangered Missing Advisory for 15-year-old Christopher Bradley Gardner overnight Thursday morning.
Gardner was last seen in Pinckney on Wednesday around 5 p.m. when police say Gardner told his mother he was going for a hike in the Pinckney recreational area.
He was said to be depressed.