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13-Year-Old Boy Reported Missing from Santurce Home Is Found Safe

Published Oct 8, 2026, 3:34 PM AST· Updated Oct 9, 2026via Primera Hora

Why this matters: The boy, who lives in a children’s home, had been missing for four days; police have ended the search.

Odareg Maldonado Maldonado, 13, was found in good health in Santurce on Friday, October 9, said Inspector Edwin Figueroa, director of the San Juan Criminal Investigations Corps. Police have called off the search.

He had been reported missing after he was last seen on Monday, October 5, at around 8:00 PM at the Casa de Niños Manuel Fernández Juncos in Santurce, where he lives.

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