Update: Fort St. John RCMP locate missing teen

Updated: The 15-year-old boy who was reported missing on July 9 has been located.

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Fort St. John RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old David Yates, who has been missing since Monday, July 6.

Police said Yates was reported missing on Wednesday, July 8, after he was last seen in the Fort St. John area.

Yates is described as a Caucasian male with medium-length brown hair and brown eyes. He is five feet nine inches (175 cm) tall and weighs about 110 pounds (50 kg).

He was last seen wearing baggy blue pants, a white T-shirt, light mint-coloured Crocs and carrying a black backpack.

Police said they and Yates’s family are concerned for his well-being.

Anyone with information about Yates’s whereabouts is asked to contact Fort St. John RCMP at 250-787-8100. Anonymous tips can be provided to Northern B.C. Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.northernbccrimestoppers.ca.

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