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North Las Vegas police say missing teen has been found, is safe

Updated October 5, 2018 - 3:20 am

A teen was found safe early Friday morning after he went missing in North Las Vegas on Thursday.

Vincenzo Paradiso, 16, who has autism and a severe peanut allergy, went missing about noon Thursday after he was last seen at Cheyenne High School, 3200 W. Alexander Road.

The North Las Vegas Police Department reported about 2 a.m. the following day Paradiso was found “in good health.”

A prior version of this story misspelled Vincenzo Paradiso’s name.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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