Teen with Autism Goes Missing After Boarding Flight to Miami Without Family’s Knowledge

“He’s very intelligent, but he doesn’t see fear,” Michelle Lowe-Christensen said of her 18-year-old grandson, Jonathan Torres

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  • Jonathan Torres, 18, who has autism, took a flight to Miami from Austin after he left work on May 6
  • Authorities said he was last seen days later on May 9
  • “He’s very intelligent, but he doesn’t see fear. He doesn’t see that people are bad,” said Torres’ grandmother

Authorities and concerned relatives are searching for an 18-year-old Texas man with autism who vanished after traveling to Miami.

Jonathan Andrew Torres was last seen in the vicinity of 7130 Harding Ave., in Miami Beach, on May 8, according to a missing person’s bulletin shared with PEOPLE on Friday, May 15,

Michelle Lowe-Christensen, Torres’ grandmother, told NBC affiliate WTVJ that her grandson had left work in Austin on May 6, but did not return home at his usual time…

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