A search for a missing youth in Winkler ended on a happy note Monday.

Just after 8:30 p.m. Winkler Police received a call from a family whose 15 year old son wandered away from the Emerado Centennial School playground while playing with friends.
    
Winkler Police said the youth, who is not from the community, and considered a "vulnerable" individual, was located safely by family members around 9:40 p.m..  Police say considering it had gotten dark, and the youth was not from the area, the family did not feel he would find his way back.

Officers from the Morden Police service also assisted in the search.