Hasidic boy missing for 15 hours found OK in upstate village
KIRYAS JOEL, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old Brooklyn boy who went missing for about 15 hours in a Hasidic Jewish community in upstate New York has been found safe.
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that public safety officials in the village of Kiryas Joel say the boy was found around 9:15 a.m. Monday near a girls’ school, not far from the neighborhood where he had last been seen around 6 p.m. Sunday.
Officials say the boy, who has Down syndrome, seemed to be in good health but was checked out at a hospital.