BROWN COUNTY, Ind. — A former stray dog turned Brown County police K9 is being celebrated after helping find two missing children deep in the woods of Hoosier National Forest.

Knox, a former stray puppy who lived in a parking lot and survived on chicken nuggets thrown from car windows, is now a K9 officer with the Brown County Sheriff's Department.

On Sunday, the dog tracked and helped find two 11-year-olds who got separated from their mother near Sundance Lake in Brown County. Police launched an immediate search, but it was Knox's nose that led investigators 550 yards through thick forest directly to the missing kids.

Knox was rescued in 2024 by the nonprofit group Redemption Ranch K9. The group's founder, Officer Rob Prichard, said Knox's story holds a valuable lesson.

"He's not just

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