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Boy, 13, Goes Missing In LA County — Police Seek Help Finding At-Risk Child

Authorities are asking for the public's help finding a 13-year-old who went missing this week.

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Gian Carlo Basco, 13, is Filipino, 5-foot-5, 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt when he went missing.
Gian Carlo Basco, 13, is Filipino, 5-foot-5, 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt when he went missing. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Update, 12:17 p.m. Thursday: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Thursday announced that Gian Carlo Basco, 13, has been found. The department released no additional details.

Earlier: LAKEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help finding an at-risk 13-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday night.

Gian Carlo Basco was last seen at around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday on the 5200 block of Premiere Avenue, south of Candlewood Street, according to deputies.

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The young teenager is Filipino, 5-foot-5, 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt when he went missing.

Anyone with information that could help reunite the boy with his worried family is urged to call the sheriff's Lakewood Station at 562-623-3500.

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