Daytona Beach police find 12-year-old boy who went missing a 3rd time Eleaser Johnson, 12, last seen near home on North Wild Olive Avenue
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Daytona Beach police said a boy who has been reported missing for the third time this year has been found safe.
Eleaser Johnson, 12, was last seen near his home on North Wild Olive Avenue around 10 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
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Eleaser Johnson, 12, who was last seen near his home on North Wild Olive Avenue around 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (Daytona Beach Police Department) Johnson went missing twice in January, turning heads in the first occurrence when he was found upstate in a pickup truck . According to what Johnson’s mother told News 6 partner WJXT-TV, he ran away because he didn’t want to do his homework.
He went missing again nine days after he was found, but was found safe the same evening .
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