LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ — Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has called off the search for a 12-year-old boy who did not return home from school on Tuesday.
Leon Curley has been found and is safe, MCSO announced later Wednesday morning.
He was last seen around 10:45 a.m. when he was dropped off at the L. Thomas Heck Middle School near El Mirage and Bethany Home roads in Litchfield Park.
He was supposed to arrive back home around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday on his school bus, but he did not arrive, MCSO says.
Details of where he was have not been released.