East Cobb Boy Found for 2nd Time

Updated 7:45 a.m.

Gyasi Francis was spotted inside an unnamed business by an employee about 1:30 a.m., police spokesman Officer Mike Bowman said.

The 10-year-old boy was taken home in good health and with no signs of foul play.

Updated 5:10 a.m. Thursday

Gyasi Francis' second disappearance ended like the first—with the East Cobb 10-year-old safely back home and no foul play.

Cobb County police located the boy about 2 a.m., roughly six hours after he slipped out of his Powers Ferry Road home, WSB-TV reported.

Original Report

A 10-year-old boy is missing in East Cobb three months after he caused a scare by disappearing Halloween night.

Gyasi Francis was last seen at his home on Powers Ferry Road about 8 p.m. Wednesday, spokesman Officer Mike Bowman said in an announcement.

Police ask anyone with information about Gyasi’s location to call 911 or the Crimes Against Children Unit at 770-801-3470.

Gyasi is 4-foot-8 and about 65 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He possibly is wearing jeans, a black coat and a red skullcap, Bowman said.

Police also asked for the public’s help in finding Gyasi on Nov. 1 after .

In that case, it turned out that the boy had been grounded but snuck out to go trick-or-treating. He then spent the night with a friend to avoid trouble at home.

Gyasi was brought home before school the next morning about an hour after police put out the alert that he was missing.

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