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McDowell County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a 15-year-old male believed to have run away from home Wednesday evening.
David Whittington left the Green Meadow Lane residence he shares with his aunt, who reported him missing at 10:45 p.m. She told deputies that her nephew disappeared sometime between 8:30 and 9:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Whittington is a white male who stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 137 pounds. He has brown hair and green eyes and was last seen wearing a red, white and blue striped shirt, gray plaid shorts and black and orange shoes. He also wears glasses.
Anyone with information concerning the teen’s whereabouts is asked to call the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office at 652-2235 or the local 911 center at 652-4000.