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New Update: Missing Long Island Teen Located Two Weeks Later

Update: 

14-year-old Franklin Zuniga was last seen in Hempstead on Monday, April 24, police reported.

14-year-old Franklin Zuniga was last seen in Hempstead on Monday, April 24, police reported.

Photo Credit: Nassau County Police Department

A teen who has been missing for two weeks has been found, police said. 

Franklin Zuniga, age 14, who was reported missing on April 24, has been located, Nassau County police announced on Monday, May 8. 

Officials did not provide additional information on where Zuniga was found or where he had been for the two weeks he was missing. 

Original story: 

The 14-year-old was last seen in Hempstead on Monday, April 24.

Police are urging the public to help locate a missing Long Island teenager named Franklin Zuniga.

According to a release by the Nassau County police department, Zuniga was last seen at around 2 p.m. on Monday, April 24, in the vicinity of 299 Jackson Avenue in Hempstead.

He was reported missing at 9 p.m. that same day.

Zuniga is described as a Hispanic male with a light complexion.

He is five-foot-two and approximately 140 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.

The teen was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jogging pants, and red and blue sneakers.

Nassau detectives are asking anyone who has information about Zuniga’s possible whereabouts to call 911 or contact Nassau County Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347.

All calls will remain confidential. 

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