Crime & Safety

Missing Autistic Boy Found Safe

He was found at the Los Angeles Pico Metro Station and returned home.

A 12-year-old Long Beach autistic boy with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old who went missing near the Los Angeles River was found safe at a Metro train station by sheriff’s deputies, police said Friday.

Antonio Peter Miramontes was found about 12:30 a.m. today at the Los Angeles Pico Metro Station, according to Long Beach police. Miramontes has since been reunited with his family.

There was no indication of foul play, according to the LBPD. The boy’s father told NBC4 that he might have just wanted to watch the trains.

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He went missing about 10 a.m. Thursday in the area of Mountain View Street and the Los Angeles River bed, Long Beach police said.

--City News Service, photo courtesy of the Long Beach Police Department

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