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Boy goes missing; could be in South End or near the Garden

By adamg on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 4:54pm

UPDATE: Channel 4 reports he was found and is OK.

Boston Police report they are looking for Jeffrey Cooper, a 14-year-old autistic boy who apparently wandered away from his after-school program in Central Square in East Boston yesterday.

Police said Cooper has trouble communicating his needs. Police said he likes riding trains - he's been found riding the Red Line in Braintree and Quincy - but that he might be in the South End or near the Boston Garden.

He was last seen wearing glasses, a navy-blue sweatshirt with a Warren/Prescott patch, a black winter coat, black sneakers and a green and white Celtics hat.

If you see him, contact detectives at 617-343-4234.

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Jeffrey Cooper


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Comments

By anon on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 8:18am.

Nobody really cares about this kid because he is black. Now if it were a white kid that went missing they (the authorities and media) would be all over it combing the streets looking for him.

By adamg on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 9:14am.

All the major media outlets picked this item up.

By adamg on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 9:41am.

Channel 4 reports that police are saying he was found by campus police somewhere in Boston, but won't say where.

By anon on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 11:19am.

He was found trying to enter a dorm at Simmons College: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20...