Search efforts were underway Sunday for a missing teen in Lynn, Massachusetts, and the boy's family is asking for the public's help to bring him home.
Lynn police say 17-year-old Brian Lopez hasn't been seen since Friday evening. The teen's family tells NBC10 Boston that they reported him missing to police around midnight. It's been a terrifying few days for them.
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Surveillance video from a neighbor's home captured the teen leaving his home on Warren Place Friday, wearing a heading and his backpack. It's the last time his family saw him.
According to Lopez's cousin, Jenifer Herrera, the teen's phone was found miles away on Gardiner Street by someone living there.
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His family is asking people living in that area to check their security cameras for any potential video of Lopez, for any indication of what might have happened. They say he does not have any medical conditions or disabilities, and they don't believe he ran away.
Herrera says her cousin is a rising senior at Lynn Classical High School and a very intelligent kid. Herrera also says that Lopez spends a great deal of time walking in the Lynn Woods Reservation, an area they searched Sunday.
The Lynn police and fire departments and Massachusetts State Police were all out actively searching for Lopez in the reservation by Gannon Golf Course but there's been no sign of Lopez so far.
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His mom, Maria Lopez, was very emotional Sunday night as she spoke about wanting to find her son.
"She just wants him to come back home. Come back home, that’s all she needs. That would fulfill her whole entire life,” Herrera said.
"It’s been horrible. I mean, it’s just very worrisome because it’s not like him," Herrera added. "He can go out for a walk but – and his phone, he doesn’t detach from his phone. You know how teenagers are nowadays.”
“Come home, Brian. Nobody’s in trouble here," Herrera pleaded directly to her cousin. "Please contact us. Call us. Shoot us a message, something. But let us know that you’re safe too. Something is all that matters at this point."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lynn Police Department at 781-595-2000.
