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12-year-old-boy from Southeast DC found, police say

D.C. police said a 12-year-old boy who went missing Sunday morning after walking the family dog, has been found.

Demetri Montgomery, who has autism, was last seen near the 55-hundred block of C Street in Southeast around 7 a.m. His mother, Cynthia Walton, said he left to walk the family’s white pit bull, Skyla, but had not returned.

D.C. police told ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ on Monday morning that Montgomery had been found.

Henderson Long with , a nonprofit that helps locate missing persons, told ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ that a citizen found the family dog without Montgomery and called police.

Community members joined the search to locate Montgomery, canvassing neighborhoods and assisting Walton in distributing flyers.

At the time of her son’s disappearance, Walton said Montgomery was verbal and approachable.

“He’s very, very friendly. He’s very polite,” she said. “He’s not a runaway. He don’t even go outside to play or anything.”

Demetri Montgomery missing flyer
Flyer released by D.C. police, before 12-year-old Demetri Montgomery was found. (Courtesy DC police)

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Mike Murillo

Mike Murillo is a reporter and anchor at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½. Before joining ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ in 2013, he worked in radio in Orlando, New York City and Philadelphia.

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