KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The Kansas City Kansas Public School Police Department reported that 17-year-old Jose Portillo, of Kansas City, has been located. He is now safe and is being reunited with family.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – At the request of the Kansas City Kansas Public School Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has issued an endangered persons advisory for a missing Kansas City teen.
Jose Portillo, 17, of Kansas City, Kansas, is currently missing and law enforcement requests assistance from the public to help locate him, according to a media release from the KBI.
Jose left the J.C. Harmon High School at 2400 Steele Rd., in Kansas City, on Thursday, Nov. 2, around 7:30 a.m. Around that same time, he made a statement indicating he may harm himself.
Jose was last seen around 7:40 a.m. near the Argentine Apartment Complex at 22nd and Ruby Ave. The teen was last known wearing a black hoodie, light grey pants, flip flops, and he was carrying a black backpack.
Jose is a Hispanic male, who is around 5 foot 10 inches tall, and weighs around 230 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and wears glasses. He has an intellectual disability.
If you see Jose Portillo immediately call 911. Anyone with other information about this case is asked to call the KCK Public School Police Department at 913-627-4111.