Missing boy found safe

Friday, May 1, 1998 | 11:04 a.m.

A search involving Metro Police and about 30 volunteers began at dawn today in northwest Las Vegas for a 12-year-old boy and ended four hours later when he was found unharmed at a friend's house.

While police were continuing a wide search -- many were going door-to-door -- in the area of Ann Road and Tenaya Way, the boy was discovered at 10:15 a.m. staying at a friend's house in the northwest, a missing person's detail detective said.

Justin Swisher was last seen at 4:30 p.m. Thursday when he left his home to visit a friend at a nearby house, Metro Police Sgt. Al Salinas said.

"He was walking to a friend's house, and he never made it," Salinas said today. "We are concerned for his safety."

The search began "at first light today," Salinas said.

Swisher, a student at Faith Lutheran Junior-Senior High School in Summerlin, "is fine," a detective said.

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