On Thursday, a three-year-old child in Toronto passed away after being outside in freezing temperatures for an extended period of time.

On Thursday, a three-year-old child in Toronto passed away after being outside in freezing temperatures for an extended period of time.

Volunteer searchers discovered the boy, Elijah Marsh approximately a thousand feet away from the home he wandered away from in the backyard of another residence. He was wearing only a pull-up diaper, winter boots and a t-shirt.

Elijah reportedly had no vital signs when his body was found and he was rushed to the hospital. Not long after that, he was pronounced dead.

It was a heartbreaking end to the case. Approximately 100 police units had been out searching for the child after he walked out of his grandmother's apartment in the middle of the night. He spent hours in the frigid cold alone.

Following the announcement of Elijah's death, police chief Bill Blair stated, "I think it will remind all of us to go home