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Unidentified Young Boy Who Only Speaks Creole Found In Midtown, Police Say

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police in Manhattan need the public's help identifying a young boy found in Midtown Wednesday morning.

Officers were called to a building on Eighth Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets after the boy was found alone on the ninth floor.

Investigators believe the child is between nine and 12 years-old and speaks creole.

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Officers took the boy to Bellevue Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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