Amber alert ‘resolved’ after non-verbal autistic boy reported missing in South Taranaki

The boy's father reported him missing when he woke to go to work and noticed his son wasn't in his bed. Photo / NZME

An amber alert issued for a “severely autistic” 5-year-old boy reported missing in South Taranaki has been “resolved”.

Police issued the amber alert earlier this morning, after the boy’s father woke to go to work and noticed his son wasn’t in his bed.

The amber alert said the young boy was last seen at 11pm and was discovered missing at 4am. It said he was known to be “attracted to light and water”.

“The informant has woken early to go to work and discovered his 5-year-old, non-verbal, severely autistic son missing from the house.

“He has done this before and was found hiding.”

A link to the amber alert on the Police website now simply states the matter has been resolved.