Missing Luton boy Michael, 14, found safe and well after police search

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Michael had been missing since 21 July. Credit: Bedfordshire Police

  • This story was updated after Michael was found safe and well.

Police officers searching for a missing 14-year-old boy say they have found him safe and well.

Michael went missing from his home in Luton in the morning of Friday, 21 July, and worried police released several images of him in the hope of jogging people's memories.

There was a reported sighting of him in Harpenden in Hertfordshire last week, and police made a direct appeal with a Facebook video to him.

On 8 August, police said he had been found safe and well, and thanked the public for their help in finding him.

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