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Vulnerable boy found after search | Vulnerable boy found after search |
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An autistic teenager, with a mental age of three, who went missing on Saturday has been found. | An autistic teenager, with a mental age of three, who went missing on Saturday has been found. |
A major search was launched when Richard Eckton ran off while out walking with carers at Eggesford, Chumleigh at about 1830 BST. | |
Police, dogs, divers and moor Rescue teams were involved in the search for the 17-year-old. | Police, dogs, divers and moor Rescue teams were involved in the search for the 17-year-old. |
The Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter found the teenager in a field near Eggesford about midday. | The Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter found the teenager in a field near Eggesford about midday. |
A police helicoper finds a 17-year-old boy with autism who went missing on Saturday | |
A police spokesman said the vulnerable teenager was safe and well and had been reunited with his father. | A police spokesman said the vulnerable teenager was safe and well and had been reunited with his father. |
Richard had been walking along a footpath which follows the River Taw and the Tarka rail line when he ran away from his carers into nearby woodland. | Richard had been walking along a footpath which follows the River Taw and the Tarka rail line when he ran away from his carers into nearby woodland. |
He was found on on a sandbank in the middle of the river after a search of 18 hours. |
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