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Missing 7 And 9 Year Old Found Safe In Brooklyn: Cops

Douglin and Douglas Latta were found safe on Friday, two days after they went missing in Fort Greene, cops said.

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Douglin and Douglas Latta were found safe on Friday, two days after they went missing in Fort Greene, cops said.
Douglin and Douglas Latta were found safe on Friday, two days after they went missing in Fort Greene, cops said. (NYPD.)

BROOKLYN, NY — Two young boys who went missing in Brooklyn this week have been found safe, police said on Friday.

Douglas Latta, 7, and Douglin Latta, 9, were found "safe and in good health" shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday, police said.

The two boys had been missing since around 5:21 p.m. on Wednesday, when they were last seen at 24 Monument Walk, a building in the New York City Housing Authority's Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene, police said.

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