Missing Cherokee County 12-year-old boy found
Abel Richards (Cherokee County Schools Police Department)
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - Police say the boy has been found and is safe.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Authorities in Cherokee County are searching for a missing 12-year-old boy who did not come home from school on the bus on Tuesday afternoon.
Abel Richards is described as 5-feet tall, weighing 110 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes.
According to the Cherokee County Schools Police Department, he was wearing a red Deadpool hoodie, black shorts and red slip-ons.
The family says he was spotted around Town Lake around 5 p.m. and could be headed towards Ball Ground.
Anyone who sees him should call the Cherokee County Schools Police Department on 770-704-4346 or contact 911.
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