FOUND: Police ask for public’s help locating missing 11-year-old boy with autism

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ST. GEORGE — The St. George Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 11-year-old boy in St. George.


Updated Dec. 10 at 5:20 p.m.: St. George Police Officer Tiffany Atkin reports that Hernandez was found shortly after his disappearance on Monday.


Officers are currently searching for 11-year-old Noel Hernandez who was last seen in the area of Town Square Park at 82 S. Main Street in downtown St. George, according to a reverse 911 from the St. George Police Department.

Hernandez is described as being an Hispanic male with “shaggy” black hair. He is around 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red T-shirt with a “Fortnight” logo, cargo pants and tennis shoes.

Police have advised that Hernandez has autistism.

The public is asked to be on the lookout for Hernandez and to check around their yards and homes. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the St. George Dispatch at 435-627-4300.

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