Missing Teen Found by Patch Reader

A Horsham teen who had been missing for three days was returned to his mother after a Patch reader spotted the boy on Sunday morning.

After a reader posted a plea for help on the Perkiomen Valley Patch Facebook page, an alert went out to all area patches that Mike Dinnien was missing, and the teen was picked up after a Patch reader recognized him and “held him at their home” until Dinnien’s mother, Liz Atchison, picked him up.

The post had hundreds of shares on Facebook - including almost 20 Plymouth-Whitemarsh-Conshohocken Facebook readers.

"The article was a key part of reaching the right people, in order to have people see his face," she said. "They recognized him because of [Patch's] post."

To follow Plymouth-Whitemarsh-Conshohocken Patch on Facebook, click here.

For more on the story, click here.