'She reached for me crying': Hero father-of-two reveals his joy at finding Ohio toddler who was missing for two days as his 'goosebumps' 911 call is released

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The volunteer who found a two-year-old girl that disappeared from her great-grandparents' home after a tense 48 hour search for the toddler has revealed his when he found her sleeping in a field.

Victor Sutton, 51, a volunteer search party member who found Rainn Peterson Sunday evening, made an emotional 911 call after seeing the child about half a mile south from where she was last spotted on Friday.

'Hey I found baby Rainn and she's alive,' Sutton told a North Bloomfield, Ohio. dispatcher before saying that the girl had flies all over her after falling asleep in the weeds next to a road.

The father of two, who also went searching for the toddler in the rain on Saturday, later said that he was not a hero and was simply overjoyed that the child had been found.

'As far as her condition goes, it's hard to say. I thought she was beautiful, that's all I could really say on her condition,' he said. 

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Two-year-old Rainn Peterson was found alive (right) in a field by volunteer Victor Sutton (left, with county sheriff), two days after going missing from her great-grandparents home in North Bloomfield, Ohio

Sutton, a 51-year-old father of two who lives in the small town, said that he was not a hero and 'just the guy who found her'

The search for the child had brought in hundreds of volunteers as family and friends worried that the child would not survive two full days exposed to rain and cold. 

Sutton told NewsNet5 that he was 'probably the least qualified to find her, but I just happened to find her'.  

Rainn was wearing the same purple shirt and gray pants that she disappeared in, according to a picture taken at the scene.

'She was laying there still. I thought the worst but I yelled her name and she poked her head up and opened her eyes so I was elated to know she was alive, 'Sutton, who knows the toddler's great-grandparents told WFMJ. 

'I bent down to pick her up and she reached for me and was crying. I picked her up and put her on the 4-wheeler until I could get help out there.' 

An ambulance was on the scene within minutes to take the little girl to the hospital, where she was last reported in stable condition. 

About midway through the 911 call, baby Rainn can be heard crying in the background.

'Is that her I hear?' the dispatcher asks. 'I hear her. Oh, I just got goosebumps.'

'Oh my God, me too,' Sutton replies. 'I couldn't give up on this kid. Thank God.' 

According to WYTV, Sutton said he was just very lucky to find her. 

 Rainn was last seen at her great-grandparents home on Friday around 6.30pm before being discovered almost 48 hours later half a mile from the house

Rainn Peterson of Trumbull County had last been seen at her great-grandparents home in North Bloomfield on Friday around 6.30pm.

Trumbull County Sheriff Thomas Altiere said the girl was at the home with her two brothers, ages three and four, as her great-grandparents watched them and her mother Brandi Peterson moved into a new apartment.

Rainn's mother said on Saturday that she was out with her boyfriend when her grandparents broke the news that her toddler daughter had gone missing.

She said that the grandmother was cooking in the kitchen while the three children were downstairs with the grandfather. Rainn went upstairs and vanished a short time after.

When her grandmother realized she was missing after calling the children up for dinner, they began searching for Rainn and contacted police.

The only door that was reportedly unlocked at the time was the door to the garage.

Law enforcement used a plane and a helicopter to aid the search, in addition to the help of volunteers.

Rainn and her two older siblings were being cared for by their great-grandparents while her mother Brandi (pictured above) moved in to a new apartment

The mother said she is only being allowed to see her child under supervision until the investigation into the disappearance is concluded. Above, Brandi Peterson spoke during the search

Sutton said that he was four hours into a search for the girl when he saw a patch of purple in the weeds.

'She had been there for a while, she was fatigued, she was sad, she was desperate for somebody,' he said. 

Authorities do not know exactly how the toddler came to be found in the field.

Trumbull County Sheriff Thomas Altiere said that the spot of discovery will be treated as a crime scene until they have ruled out possible wrongdoing.

The nearly 48 hours between the disappearance and discovery saw nighttime temperatures drop into the 40s and heavy rain, leading some to question how the child survived the exposure. 

She is being at a local hospital for dehydration and low body temperature in addition to cuts, but is reportedly doing well.

Rainn's mother said that Trumbull County Children's Services have taken custody of the child until the investigation is over and will only let her see the girl under supervision.

The girl's great-grandparents have petitioned to take custody of the child. Above, police outside their home following her disappearance

She spoke to WKYC on Monday and said 'I'm upset because I feel like, ever since this incident started, I was a suspect, from strangers to family members to friends. And they all tried to accuse me. That was very frustrating'. 

'I wasn't there and I didn't do this and to tell me that you're going to take custody of my daughter, and to put her in foster care until this is over is absolutely outrageous and it just absolutely kills me'.

Brandi Peterson, who has undergone a polygraph test about the disappearance, said that child services had visited her home prior to Rainn vanishing while staying with her great-grandparents.

She also thanked Sutton and those who searched for her daughter.

Sutton said that he hopes to one day meet Rainn, and that he hopes she takes advantage of 'second chance at life' as she gets older.

'No matter what the circumstances are, she's supposed to be here,' Sutton told WFSB .

'When you see these stories, they don't typically end like this'.  

The missing child's great-grandparents have filed to take custody of her.