GLOUCESTER — A 4-year-old boy who went missing Tuesday afternoon has been found safe, police said.
Rhyce Ventura was located at 1:50 p.m., according to the Gloucester Police Department.
The child had been missing since approximately 12:30 p.m. when he was last seen in the area of Patriots Circle.
Ventura is 3 feet 6 inches tall with curly dirty blonde hair and was wearing a navy blue Buzz Lightyear T-shirt, grey sweatpants with a Buzz Lightyear design on the back, and no shoes when he disappeared.
Police said the boy is autistic and non-verbal with a seizure disorder.
The department thanked the public for their assistance in the search.
