Crime & Safety

17-Year-Old Detroit Boy Missing Since Saturday: Police

Kobe Boyles left a medical facility Saturday on Detroit's westside against the health care provider's advice, police said.

17-Year-Old Kobe Boyles has been missing since Saturday when he left a medical facility against the health care provider's advice.
17-Year-Old Kobe Boyles has been missing since Saturday when he left a medical facility against the health care provider's advice. (Detroit Police Department)

DETROIT — Detroit Police are looking for a 17-year-old boy who left a medical facility on the 6000 block of W. Outer Dr. Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Kobe Boyles left the medical facility against the health care provider’s advice, police said.

Boyles has short black hair and brown eyes. He is six feet tall and weighs 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt and green hospital pants, police said.

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According to his mother, he suffers from mental illness, police said.

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Anyone with information about this missing person is asked to call the Detroit Police Department’s 12th Precinct at 313-596-1201.

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