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EAST CHICAGO — Police on Wednesday asked for help in locating a missing teen boy last seen Thursday afternoon at Central High School.

Deshawn Russell, 14, of East Chicago, is a special needs student who disappeared about 12:45 p.m. after being suspended from school, police said.

School officials contacted Deshawn’s mother and said he had been suspended, police said. When the mother arrived to pick him up about an hour later, he was not found in the building. It’s believed he may have walked out, police said.

Deshawn may not give his own name when asked, but can give his address, police said. He generally spends time with family. He previously went missing and was found in the area of a forest preserve in Calumet City, police said.

He was last seen wearing a school uniform, including a navy blue polo shirt with navy blue Dickies pants. He wears a natural hairstyle, faded on the sides with dreads in the top, police said.

Anyone with information about Deshawn’s whereabouts is asked to call Lake County dispatch at (219) 660-0000 or Detective Terrance Fife at (219) 391-8318.

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