Crime & Safety

Mentally Disabled Child Missing

The boy disappears from his Murrieta home, and police are on the lookout.

A mentally disabled child went missing today from his Murrieta home.

The autistic 14-year-old boy, Vincent Nguyen, was reported missing around 4:30 p.m. from the 39800 block of Sheradan Court in Murrieta.

He ran away from home in 1999 and was found in the Harveston Community in Temecula, according to a sheriff's dispatcher.

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He was wearing a T-shirt, pajama shorts and can say only a few words, the dispatcher said.

Anybody with information on the child can call the Temecula Police Department at 951-696-3000.

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