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Boy, 14, Missing From Lower East Side Since Saturday

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police were searching Wednesday for a 14-year-old boy has been missing since the weekend from his Lower East Side home.

Alexander Lin was last seen by his mother in the living room of their apartment on Hester Street on around 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.

The boy's mother had been asleep, and could not find her son when she woke up, police said.

Alexander is in good mental and physical condition, has no prior runaway history, police said.

Alexander is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. He has a thin build, brown eyes with black frame glasses and black hair.

Anyone with information was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.

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