Saturday, January 2, 2016

Authorities Continue to Search for Missing 5 Year Old in Allentown

Authorities have continued their search Saturday morning for a 5 year old that went missing New Year's Eve.


Jayliel Vega Batista, 5, reportedly wandered away from a New Years Eve party Thursday night around 11:00pm on the 200 block of East Union Street in Allentown and family members and authorities have been searching for him since.

Jayliel also was reported to have autism and left the party without his coat and with no socks or shoes on.

Dozens of volunteers, police dogs and helicopters have been used in the search and have turned up nothing.

As of Saturday morning, authorities have brought in 20 search dogs to track down any clues.

Link to Story from the Morning Call