16-year-old Willmar, Minnesota boy missing after not returning home from school on Jan. 8
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Jose Huerta-Aviles, 16, did not return home after school on Jan. 8 in Willmar, Minnesota. (Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office / FOX 9)
WILLMAR, Minn. (FOX 9) - Authorities in western Minnesota are asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks.
The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office says Jose Huerta-Aviles did not come home after school on Jan. 8 in Willmar.
Authorities believe Huerta-Aviles is still be in the Willmar area. There was a reported sighting of him on Jan. 18.
Anyone with information on Huerta-Aviles’ whereabouts is asked to contact local law enforcement at 320-235-1260.