Claire Bell, 3, was tracked down by a drone in a field along Highway 417 – 110 miles west of Montreal, where she lives, just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police, said.

Jubilant officers shared the moment after 3-year-old Claire Bell (left) was found on the side of a highway on Wednesday June 18, 2025.© Dave Sidaway/Montreal Gazette ...

"Claire Bell, 3, of LaSalle, was located alive today around 3:00 p.m. near Highway 417 in Ontario by our colleagues from the Ontario Provincial Police,” authorities wrote in French.

Quebec provincial police (SQ) are asking for the public’s assistance in finding Claire Bell, a three-year-old girl who was last seen in Montreal’s LaSalle borough.