{"id":427307,"date":"2026-09-05T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427307\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:14:14","slug":"authorities-search-for-missing-12-year-old-boy-in-northwest-harris-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427307\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities search for missing 12-year-old boy in northwest Harris County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputies are asking the public to help locate Gavin Boker, who has autism and may need assistance<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;max-width:1280px;max-height:720px;aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:100%\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IXLNTLQC2BC5PGRNBG7P5NCF3Y.png\"\/>12-year-old Gavin Boker (Harris County Precinct 4 Constable&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 Authorities are searching for 12-year-old Gavin Boker, who has been reported missing in northwest Harris County on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable\u2019s Office said Gavin was last seen near 17800 Wood Bark Road in Spring around 7:30 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Constable K9 Hades, a bloodhound, and Deputy Palacios have joined in the search efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Authorities said Gavin has autism, prompting increased concern for his safety. Deputies are asking residents to remain alert and report any information that could help investigators find him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Anyone who sees Gavin or knows where he may be should contact Precinct 4 Dispatch at 281-376-3472. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;width:234px;height:50px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788628454_774_kprc_breaking.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/chudspeth\/\" title=\"View Christian Hudspeth&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Hudspeth<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Christian Hudspeth is a Houston native who joined KPRC 2 News in December 2025. Christian began his news career at KTRK in 2022 before moving to newsrooms in Waco, Texas (KXXV), Las Vegas, Nevada (KTNV), and now back to H-Town. He earned his BA at the University of Houston Jack J. Valenti School of Communication in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deputies are asking the public to help locate Gavin Boker, who has autism and may need assistance 12-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[405,23324,56,58,57,34789,2474],"class_list":["post-427307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-harris-county","tag-harris-county-precinct-4-constables-office","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-missing-children","tag-missing-persons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}