Autistic boy from Queens still missing; Desperate search continues

LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) -- A heartbroken Queens family is still holding out hope nearly a week after a 14-year-old autistic boy disappeared from his school in Long Island City.

The desperate search for Avonte Oquendo continues Thursday, but there are few clues to his possible whereabouts.

At least 10 police cruisers rolled out early in the day to continue to look for the boy, who is non-verbal and was last seen on surveillance video running out of the Center Boulevard School unsupervised.

"Please bring him back, don't keep him if you have him," said grandmother Doris McCoy, who is convinced someone has her grandson and that he is still alive. "Be good to him. Don't abuse him. Don't hurt him."

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