Missing teen: 14-year-old boy, red hoodie, backpack
Description
I lost my little brother Nico yesterday around 3pm. He went missing near the Bonneville County Courthouse on Capital Ave in Idaho Falls, East Idaho. He's about 4 feet 10 inches tall with short brown hair, freckles, and a green shoelace on his left sneaker. He wears a red hoodie over a gray jacket, blue jeans, and carries a blue backpack with a yellow lightning-bolt keychain and a small silver star pendant he never takes off. It has sentimental value—our grandmother gave him the pendant. I'm really worried and just want him back safe. If you spot him, drop a message in the app so I can reach you quickly.
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