Missing Autistic Student Found Safe In Queens Park
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An autistic student who went missing in Lower Manhattan Friday morning has been found safe.
Authorities say 21-year-old Junior Parker was found all the way out in Queens by a Department of Parks and Recreation officer in Highland Park.
Parker, who lives in the Bronx, was attending a school program at Stuyvesant High School when he disappeared around 8:45 a.m. on Friday.
Thank you New York City for joining us in the effort to locate Mr. Junior Parker, the young man that was last seen yesterday at @NYCSchools Stuyvesant H.S. He was located today at a @NYCParks location and is being treated at @BrookdaleBK #NeighborhoodPolicing #NYPDConnecting pic.twitter.com/oKiEBMEHE4
— NYPD Community Affairs (@NYPDCommAffairs) May 25, 2019
According to police, the parks officer did not know who Parker was but a doctor recognized the missing student when he was taken to Brookdale Hospital for observation. He is expected to be okay.