Editor's Note: Alex White returned home safe on Oct. 18. You can read the story here.

--- Kay White wants her son Alex to know he's not in trouble. She just wants him to come home.

"He's been bullied at school this year – it's been going on since the first day. It finally came to a head, and Alex got in trouble at school Wednesday for using his phone and threatening another kid. So when he got home, I took away his phone. Punishment fit the crime, right?" White said. "Only now, I wish I hadn't. I know he thinks he's in more trouble now, but I just want him to know I love him, and I want him to come home," White said.

Alex plays football for the PAL Force football team. He's about 5-foot-10 and weighs 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen with his skateboard and a black backpack, possibly wearing a red hoodie, although his mom isn't certain of the color. She said he grabbed some clothes and may have about $20 on him. "I was just at Elm Street School. The principal called a bunch of his friends down, and we asked them all if anyone knew where he was. Nobody did. I'm hoping someone knows where he is and just isn't telling. I just hope he's safe," White said.



Alex is an eighth-grader at Elm Street. This is the first time he's had any trouble with bullies, said his mom.

She said one of the football dads thought he spotted Alex near Greeley Park around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

"He didn't realize at the time that Alex was missing and didn't think it could be him, because it was so late on a school night," White said. The tightknit PAL Force network of moms, dads, coaches and players have been spreading the word since they learned Alex was missing, said his mom.