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13-year-old Bellevue boy missing for four weeks

UPDATE: Dominic Oakes has been located safe.

BELLEVUE – It has now been four weeks since 13-year-old Dominic Oakes was reported missing.

Oakes was last reported to have been seen on Tuesday, April 4. He was reported to have been a runaway.

This was not the first time Oakes had been reported missing as a runaway. Four days prior on March 31, he had been reported missing after last being seen at Bellevue Middle School. He was found safe the following day.

Since the April 4 disappearance, several Facebook groups have been created to help bring Oakes homes and his missing poster is now being featured on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s website.

Oakes is 5’6”, 130 lbs, has brown hair, brown eyes, and a scar on his forehead.

Anyone with information on the disappearance is asked to call the Bellevue Police Department at 419-483-4444.

This article was written by Nate Hinners. Contact Nate at nhinners@huroninsider.com.

PHOTO CREDIT: Bellevue Police Department

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