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UPDATE: Lincoln Police find missing 10-year-old

Posted at 12:01 PM, Mar 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-18 18:17:14-04

1:53 p.m. UPDATE:

Lincoln Police say the missing 10-year-old has been found and will be reunited with his family.

Previous coverage: 

Lincoln Police are trying to find a missing 10-year-old boy.

A spokesperson says the child’s name is Eh Knyaw. He is described as being 5 feet tall, with brown hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen playing with friends around 8 p.m. Thursday near 20th and G streets.  Police say after he didn’t return home, his parents, who don’t speak English, waited to see if he would show up at school.

When he didn’t, the school contacted police and helped the parents report him missing.

Officials say police officers are searching the area where he was last seen.

Police ask anyone with information to call 402-441-6000.