BERNARDS — A Basking Ridge teen is still missing 10 days after running away from a residential treatment center in Utah for teenage boys, his parents said.

Greg and Debbie Mayer were visiting their teenage son, also named Gregory Mayer, at the Discovery Ranch, a residential treatment center in Mapleton, Utah last time they saw him.

The Mayers were at the Larry H. Miller Megaplex Theaters at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah when he ran away unexpectedly, according to Lt. Darren Paul of the Lehi Police.

His parents believe he's trying to make his way home to New Jersey, his father told NJ.com.

His parents said they are especially concerned because their son left the ranch with no money, no identification and no cell phone.

The missing boy stands 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs about 140 pounds, has brown hair and blue eyes, and has black rimmed eyeglasses. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a navy blue sweater, muddy boots and no jacket, his father said.

"But he might have picked up a green jacket and over-the-shoulder mailbag from someone," Mayer said.

"We did get a call this past Saturday night from a security guard at a factory outlet mall in Lehi, Utah," Mayer said. "It was frustrating to hear that Gregory had gone there the night he ran and was allowed to sleep in the entrance to their office without a call to police. He left the next morning, on Saturday, Feb. 22."

The family had previously heard that Gregory had stopped in an Orem, Utah Mexican restaurant and tried to call home, but the restaurant did not have long distance phone service, Mayer said.

And on Feb. 23 he went to the Temple Square in Salt Lake City and later may have stayed at a downtown shelter for a few hours, Mayer said.

"Unfortunately, we haven't had any fresh leads since (last) Tuesday," Mayer said. "From then the trail has grown cold."

"We returned (to New Jersey) on Friday to muster hometown support, which has been great," the boy's father Greg Mayer said Tuesday. "Still working the phones to Utah." BEGIN RELATED LINKS

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Mayer said that it has been his and his wife's top priority since getting home to continually reach out to the Utah Police and media for assistance.

"The Lehi PD released a request to the Salt Lake area media to assist them in locating Gregory," Mayer said. "Since then we have pressed the major television networks and the larger Salt Lake newspapers to run the stories in addition to working with the local NJ press."

Mayer said that the Lehi Daily Herald newspaper ran a story as did ABC 4 Utah tv news but they are pushing for more.

"Our primary message to the media is to let our son know we want him to return home to NJ," Mayer said.

Mayer said that family and friends have volunteered to coordinate social media outreach to finding Gregory.

"With the generous help of our friends in town, we were able to launch a website www.findgregorymayer.com," Mayer said.

The Mayers have also contacted various locations including truck stops and churches, and are working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to distribute flyers around Utah, Mayer said. They are also reaching out to New Jersey politicians to pursue possible political assistance, Mayer said.

Mayer asks anyone with information about his missing son to call him at 201-805-3867, email him at gregmayer2@optonline.net, or to call local police. He also asks people to spread the word through social media however they can.