MIAMI (WSVN) - Police said they have located a 14-year-old boy a day after he was reported missing from Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.
City of Miami Police confirmed on Saturday night that Jose Bolanos was found unharmed at Brickell City Centre.
Hours earlier, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement had issued a Florida Missing Child Alert for the teen.
According to City of Miami Police, Bolanos, who is on the autism spectrum, had been last seen on Friday around 4 p.m. in the area of the 1800 block of Northwest 55th Terrace.
His family, frantic to find their son, said Bolanos lost his cellphone while taking out the garbage and boarded a transit bus on Friday afternoon.
The teen visited the Apple Store at Brickell City Centre between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
“I went to a Metro station, then I tried to find like, the nearest Apple Store because I needed to repair my iCloud,” said Bolanos.
On Saturday, Bolanos walked up to a family at the Apple Store and asked if he could use their phone. The family saw the missing child alert and called police.
Officers responded to the Apple Store and found the teen in the store.
Police said they believe he was riding the Metrorail between City Centre and Dadeland Mall.
“I feel bad for what I did, and I certainly hope that I will never do such things like that,” the teen added.
His parents hope the same.
Bolanos has since been reunited with his family — a mother and father grateful beyond words.
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