A 17-year-old California boy who disappeared Wednesday after he wandered away from a supermarket was located by a homeless man who helped contact police.
Ian Hinton, a 37-year-old homeless man, is being called a hero after helping police officers locate an autistic teen who was lost for more than five hours.
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The 17-year-old boy was reported missing by his mother Wednesday after he wandered away while shopping at a supermarket in Garden Grove, California, KTLA-TV reported.
Garden Grove police officer David Chang began searching the neighborhood with a picture of Charles Troung and asking anyone if they might have seen the missing boy.
Charles Troung
Several hours after Chang had shown him the picture in an intersection, Hinton spotted the boy and immediately recognized Troung. The teen appeared lost and was waving his hands around in distress.
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