Crime & Safety

Passerby Helped Find This Missing Man: Brookline Police

He was missing for days but a pedestrian alerted police after word got out about his disappearance.

BROOKLINE, MA — He was missing for almost a week and then Brookline police released a flier with his name on it and asked for folks to be on the lookout for a missing man. Two days later a passerby recognized him and alerted police.

Police said Wednesday, July 18 Alexander Baron, who went missing last week near the Brookline High School was found safe and taken to get a medical check up just to be sure.

"Our missing person has been found safe. Thank you to the Brookline pedestrian who recognized Barron and notified us. Great work!" Tweeted the police department Wednesday morning.

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