Non-verbal teen with autism found safe, Pasco deputies say

LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - Deputies in Pasco County say a non-verbal 16-year-old boy with autism has been found safe, hours after he went missing late Wednesday night. 

The sheriff's office said the teen had last been seen in the Bowden Mill Court and Asebel Creek area of Land O' Lakes around 11 p.m.

Shortly after asking for the public's help to find the boy, investigators said he had been located and was safe.