A family’s five-day worry over the whereabouts of a missing Wangaratta teenager came to a happy end when he was found safe and well on Tuesday.
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Jacob Armstrong had been last seen walking along College Street in Wangaratta about 9am on Friday, prompting police to put out a call to the public for the 15-year-old’s whereabouts.
They reported on Tuesday that he had been located in Wangaratta.
Police were concerned for Jacob’s welfare as he had not made contact with his friends or family since Friday.
He was known to frequent the Wangaratta and Benalla areas, but police also released an image a description of the teenager, who was 165 centimetres tall with a thin build and short blonde hair, in the hope someone would recognise him.
Wangaratta officers searched the city for Jacob before he was found, while Victoria Police also used the power of social media to spread the word, with the details shared thousands of times on Facebook.
