Child reported missing from school found safe by citizen, Chicago IL
A young child was reported missing from Funston Elementary School in Chicago. Police and the child's mother searched the area. The child was found safe by a citizen near North Karlov. The child was wearing a small jacket and blue jogging pants. Authorities confirmed the child's identity and reunited him with his mother. The parents had been notified and searches were conducted around the child's home near West Crystal and the school.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
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Transcript:
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515.
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Do we have any address before this kid was there? Does he live near the school?
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld)
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21
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21
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Does this child live near the school? We have address for him?
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Yeah, so is address going to be near Westwood?
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near Westwood.
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near Westware.
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You cut out 33.
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I'm sorry, 21, you cut out.
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near West.
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near West Crystal.
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All right, 15, you copy near West Crystal.
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Okay.
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All right, 16 and I are going to go cruise down over in that direction down there, southeast of Central Park in Armitage.
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Please have the other car that's coming with me, stay around the school,
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and please confirm with 21 that the parents have been notified and that the boy is not at the home.
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Mona, go check the home first, okay?
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99th, that's near West Crystal, right?
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A farmada.
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At 23, if you can check around, stay around the area of the school, at 21, and the parents is already notified.
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994, the mother is on our way here.
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All right, the mother's enrolled to the school.
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What's the kid wearing?
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I have a small jacket with maybe a function school sweater underneath and maybe blue jogging pants.
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521.
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521.
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Yeah, just for info, just you know, is there. The security's checking cameras to see if they got a directional flight on this kid.
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All righty, I might have them. Hold on.
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We got an eight-year-old male now loss attends. Fullton. To call us, stand with the child.
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near North Karlov.
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near North Karlov. We got them, y'all.
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All righty, good job.
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near North Carolina, we have the child. Mom, you don't get the boy, okay.
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What you are this going that way?
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15, I can have that way.
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Thank you, 15.
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Once again, we got the challenge.
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Thank you, everyone. Thank you, everybody. Great job. Love it, yes.
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Thank you. And we got his name. It's him.
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His name is (name withheld), right?
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Yep,
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that's him. He's telling him his name. We got him, y'all. Thank you.
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Smart, what was a unit that they come on?
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We got a call. This is a citizen that found him.
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Eight-year-old male, (name withheld) left school. Now he's lost for Funston Elementary. Fifteen is heading that direction.
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