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Joel Orta | Chicago Police

13-year-old boy reported missing from Humboldt Park

Police are searching for a 13-year-old boy who has been reported missing from the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Joel Orta went missing about 1 a.m. Sunday from the area of Chicago and Avers, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.

He is described as a 5-foot-9, 220-pound Hispanic boy with black hair, brown eyes and a light complexion, police said.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Area North Special Victims Unit detectives at (312) 744-8266.

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