Police are continuing to search for a 15-year-old boy who was reported missing from County Durham almost two weeks ago.
Officers say they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for the welfare of Leon, who is currently missing from the South Hetton area, in County Durham.
Leon - who has links to both the Washington and Sunderland areas - was last seen on Saturday, September 28, at the Galleries in Washington.
Durham Constabulary has now issued an appeal asking anyone who can help locate Leon to contact the force on 101, quoting incident number 472 of September 28.
A statement said: "Have you seen Leon?
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"Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old who was reported missing from the South Hetton area on September 28.
"Leon was last seen the same day at the Galleries, in Washington. He also has links to the Washington and Sunderland.
"Anyone who can help locate Leon is asked to contact Durham Constabulary on 101, quoting incident number 472 of September 28."
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