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Missing 'At Risk' 19-Year-Old Found Safe In Milpitas

Stephen Tiku was found safe in a vacant hotel room Wednesday morning in the same hotel where he disappeared.

Authorities were searching for Stephen Tiku, 19, after he apparently walked away between 3 - 4:30 a.m. Wednesday from his room at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 E. Calaveras Blvd.
Authorities were searching for Stephen Tiku, 19, after he apparently walked away between 3 - 4:30 a.m. Wednesday from his room at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 E. Calaveras Blvd. (Milpitas Police Department)

MILPITAS, CA — An at-risk man reported missing from a Milpitas hotel early Wednesday was later found safe in a vacant room at the same hotel, police said.

Authorities were searching for Stephen Tiku, 19, after he apparently walked away between 3 - 4:30 a.m. Wednesday from his room at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 E. Calaveras Blvd.

About 10:45 a.m., he was located in a vacant room at the hotel and was reunited with his family, police said.

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—Bay City News Service