The search is on for a missing 16-year-old with mental disabilities from a West Whiteland Township group home.
According to police, Brandon Eckert was discovered missing during a bed check around 6 a.m. Tuesday. They believe that Eckert ran away from the group home on the 700-block of King Road where he was a resident.
Police and K-9 dogs were canvassing the area around the home but as of 4 p.m. Eckert still hadn't turned up.
They are asking the public's assistance in locating the missing boy.
Eckert is a white male between 5-feet-5-inches and 5-feet-7-inches tall. He weighs around 190 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing faded jeans, socks and thin framed glasses.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911.
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