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Police Find Missing Autistic Boy In Elizabeth, NJ

ELIZABETH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Police in New Jersey have found a missing autistic boy who they say disappeared Thursday night.

David Bardales, 12, was found in Linden after he went missing just before 9 p.m. Thursday in Elizabeth.

Police said Bardales, who also answers to the name Jamie Fernandez, was carrying a black backpack containing an Xbox game console and was wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, black pants and gray sneakers.

Authorities had said the boy could have gone to School No. 23 on Union Avenue, Carteret Park or the Murray Street or South Elmora Avenue corridors.

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