Crime & Safety

Update: 12-Year-Old Missing Boy Returns Home

Alejandro Medina, reported missing last night, has safely returned home.

UPDATE - At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Cobb County Police reported that Alejandro Medina had returned home in good condition.

-------------------------------------------------

A 12-year-old Cobb County boy is missing after he never made it home from a friend’s apartment Monday evening.

Find out what's happening in Kennesawwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

With the day off from , Alejandro Medina spent the afternoon at the friend’s home at the Harmony Falls Apartments on Smyrna-Powder Springs Road in Smyrna.

He talked to his mother on the phone about 6:30 p.m. and left roughly 30 minutes later to walk slightly more than a mile to his home at the Harmony Springs Apartments on Personality Parkway south of the city of Marietta and west of Smyrna.

Find out what's happening in Kennesawwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Alejandro never arrived.

The Crimes Against Children Unit is trying to find Alejandro, who is described as 5-foot-1, 90 to 100 pounds, with a semi-Mohawk haircut. When he left for home, he wore a long-sleeve, gray T-shirt, a Tony Hawk hooded sweatshirt, plaid shorts, and blue-and-black Nike sneakers.

Anyone who has seen Alejandro or has information about his location is asked to call the Cobb police at 770-499-3911.


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com.

More from Kennesaw