Missing autistic Brooklyn teen found


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NEW YORK (AP) — A 14-year-old autistic teenager from Brooklyn who had been missing since Friday has been found safe and sound.

Police say Eliceo Cortez was found around 7 a.m. Monday in the vicinity of Oriental Boulevard in Brooklyn. They say he was in good health and has been reunited with his family.

Cortez had been last seen at the Sheepshead Bay Q-line subway station in Brooklyn Friday afternoon.

His family said he went to the train station after leaving school.

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