HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — A missing Hanover County teenager has been found safe nearly a week after a CODI Alert was issued to help bring him home.
Police confirmed to CBS 6 that Mitchell Leahey was found safely on Thursday in Collier County, Florida.
A CODI alert was issued by Virginia State Police last week after Mitchell ran away following a family therapy session.
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His parents, Patrick and Katherine Leahey, said Mitchell left with only the clothes on his back and no personal belongings. CBS 6 spoke with them after they announced a $100,000 reward was being offered for Mitchell’s safe return.
“The reward is what you’d give up for your kid; it’s everything,” Patrick Leahey said. “That reward is so that anyone who might’ve thought it’s a good idea to just hold this kid with me would come forward and just say, ‘No, I’m going to take him to a hospital or call 911 and get him back home.’”