Boy, 15, Missing Again From Little Village

CHICAGO, IL — Chicago Police are looking for a 15-year-old boy who went missing from the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side on June 2. Joel Portillo was last seen on that date in the 2600 block of South Drake Ave., Chicago Police say.

Authorities describe Portillo as a 5'4' hispanic boy, weighing 140 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes, and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, black basketball shorts and white Nike gym shoes.

Police also said the teen is known to often visit the 2600 to 2700 block of South St. Louis in Little Village and the area of 43rd and Street and South Ashland Avenue in the South Side's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

According to police, this isn't the first time Portillo has went missing. Patch received a report in January 2017 that said the teen had gone missing from the same address in a separate incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Central detectives 312-747-8380.

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