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January 20, 2006
Police hunt for missing deaf teenager
Police in the West Midlands are searching for a teenage boy with hearing and sight difficulties who has gone missing from home. Leon Smith, 15, from Shard End, Birmingham, has not been seen since leaving the family home in Lea Ford Road on Wednesday afternoon.
He had just returned home from school and has never been missing before.
Police say he is partially deaf and has poor eye sight and they are taking his disappearance very seriously.
By BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4628918.stm
Posted by 4HL on January 20, 2006 10:40 AM
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