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Police Search For Providence Boy, 11, Missing Since Christmas

Erwin Rivera Ochoa was last seen Christmas night at his Atwells Avenue home.

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Police are looking for a missing 11-year-old boy who left his home Christmas night.
Police are looking for a missing 11-year-old boy who left his home Christmas night. (Providence Police Department)

PROVIDENCE, RI — Providence police asked the public to help look for an 11-year-old boy, last seen Christmas night. Erwin Rivera Ochoa was last seen outside his Atwells Avenue home.

Ochoa left the house around 11 p.m. Saturday, police said, wearing black jeans, black socks and no shoes, with a black, blue and white coat. The coat is pictured in the photo below. He was also carrying a black backpack.

The coat Ochoa was wearing when he was last seen. (Providence police Department)

Ochoa is four feet, 11 inches tall and weighs about 100 pounds.

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Anyone with information is urged to call Providence police at 401-272-3121 and ask for the Youth Services Bureau.

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