A 14-year-old Queens mute autistic boy (Avonte Oquendo) who had been missing since Friday has been found in Harlem. He was in good condition.
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A statewide alert has been issued as police continue the frantic and desperate search for a severely autistic teenager from Queens. 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo was last seen leaving the Center Boulevard School located at 1-50 51st Avenue in Long Island City on Friday afternoon. Surveillance video shows Avonte simply running out the door. Avonte was last seen wearing a gray striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers. He is 5-foot-3 and weighs approximately 90 pounds. His mother says he has the mind of a 7-year-old and is not verbal.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at http://WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
(Breaking911.com Newsroom)
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Reports it was not him. Any update?
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