Crime, Law and Justice

Authorities say missing 14-year-old who left St. Paul hospital is found safe

St. Paul police and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension asked for the public’s help finding a boy with autism who went missing Wednesday night.

In a message late Thursday, the BCA said the 14-year-old was “located safe.”

The teen was in the care of Ramsey County Child Protection Wednesday night at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul when he left the hospital at 10 p.m., the BCA said in an “endangered missing person alert.”

He was last seen walking near the hospital in the direction of Walnut Street and West 7th Street in St. Paul. Given “recent issues with family,” it’s not clear where the teen would go, the BCA said at the time.