Search continues for missing boy
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its efforts to locate a boy whose family reported him missing on Sunday.
The sheriff’s office said 12-year-old Austin Maloney was last seen leaving a residence off of Jerusalem Grade at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Social media posts indicated he was last known to be in the area of Burnt Oak Road, Coons Flat and Jerusalem Grade Road northeast of Hidden Valley Lake.
At the time he was last seen, Austin was wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, an orange beanie hat and sketchers shoes, officials said.
Austin is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall and 77 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Sgt. Aaron Clark told Lake County News on Sunday night that it’s believed Austin ran away.
The sheriff’s office and Lake County Search and Rescue received the report of the missing boy at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and quickly mobilized, as Lake County News has reported.
Radio traffic indicated the search continued through the night.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is asking community members with information about Austin’s whereabouts to contact Central Dispatch at 707-263-2690.
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