A 10-year-old Seattle boy named Otis, who is on the autism spectrum, has been found after going missing Tuesday near the 3200 block of 23rd Avenue South. Police had asked anyone who spotted him to call 911 immediately, describing him as thin, with brown hair, wearing black glasses, a black hat, and multicolored overalls, and carrying a yellow backpack.
The Seattle Police Department
confirmed Otis had been located in an update posted Tuesday, thanking the public for their help and for sharing the original missing child alert. The case had been logged under report number 26-298237, and police asked the public to help locate him.
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