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Police find teen with autism, missing from Seaside Heights

The glowing lights draw folks to the Boardwalk amusement park in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Photo: Dreamstime

Police in Ocean County have located a 13-year-old boy with autism who was reported missing on Sunday morning, Seaside Heights Police said in an alert to residents.

Authorities say the young teen from Seaside Heights was last spotted leaving his home. He was reportedly located Sunday afternoon.

Tayden McLeod, 13, of Seaside Heights, was last seen leaving his home wearing black pants with a red strip and a long-sleeve Spiderman shirt on security footage at 2:05 a.m. Sunday, Billhimer said.

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