NEED TO KNOW
Landon Sanders vanished from his family’s Texas home on Tuesday, May 12
He is believed to have been carrying a backpack and allegedly ran away on a black scooter
Authorities are asking the public for help in finding the missing 14-year-old
Authorities in Texas are appealing for the public’s help to locate a missing teenage boy.
Landon Sanders is believed to have run away from his mother’s home in Round Rock on Tuesday, May 12, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) said in a news release on Facebook.
“Landon Sanders was last seen on an indoor security camera at his mother’s residence in the Brushy Creek neighborhood of Round Rock at 8:05 p.m. [local time] on Tuesday,” said the WCSO. “He is believed to have run away on a black scooter.”
Landon Sanders
Credit: Williamson County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
Landon, 14, is described as a white male with brown hair and blue eyes. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.
According to the WCSO, he was last seen wearing black pants and no shirt, or possibly a gray or black shirt.
Landon’s mother, Kimberly Sanders, wrote on Facebook that her son was spotted in the Forest Creek area of Round Rock on Wednesday, May 13, “wearing a white shirt, black jeans, and carrying a black backpack.”
She claimed that Landon “was seen with two other boys that were thin, one with tattoos in the Forest Creek area.”
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The police have not identified anyone else in relation to Landon’s disappearance at this time.
The WCSO is asking anyone with information about Sanders’ whereabouts to contact them at (512) 943-1300, or contact the non-emergency dispatch line for Williamson County (512) 864-8282.
PEOPLE has reached out to the WSCO for further comment.
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