UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old Atlanta boy found

Demonie Hickson (Atlanta Police Department)

Demonie Hickson has been found and has returned home, according to Atlanta police. No other information was given. 

ORIGINAL STORY

Atlanta police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 12-year-old Demonie Hickson, who went missing on Monday afternoon. 

Officers with the Atlanta Police Department’s Special Victims Unit were dispatched just before 5 p.m. to Windsor Street SW, where they spoke with a family member who reported the boy missing.

Demonie was last seen leaving his home after an argument with his guardian. 

According to authorities, he is approximately 4 feet, 11 inches tall, weighs about 90 pounds, and was last seen wearing a white shirt and jeans with no shoes.

Investigators have issued a Critical Missing Juvenile alert and released a photograph of the boy. Anyone with information on Demonie Hickson’s whereabouts is urged to contact 911, the Atlanta Police Department’s Special Victims Unit at 404-546-4260, or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).

The Source: The Atlanta Police Department’s Special Victims Unit provided the details for this article.