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12-Year-Old Boy From Oceanside Found Safe in Mission Viejo: Police

Surveillance footage from Kaiser Permanente showed Michael Edward Roman leaving the hospital alone.

A 12-year-old boy from Oceanside last seen at a hospital in Irvine was found safe in Mission Viejo Saturday morning, Irvine police said. 

He was found safe "just after 8 a.m. Saturday, when a member of the loss prevention staff at a Target store recognized him from a social media post reporting that he was missing," a statement from Irvine police read. He has since "been reunited with family and will return to Oceanside."

Surveillance footage from Kaiser Permanente at 6770 Alton Parkway shows Michael Edward Roman leaving the hospital alone and heading toward Alton at around 10:50 a.m., according to the Irvine Police Department.

He is 5-foot-5 and 100 pounds, with short, dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a Mike Trout/Anaheim Angels t-shirt, black shorts, black shoes with red trim and a black Angels watch. Michael does not have a cellphone or money in his possession, his family told police.

Michael has no friends and family in Irvine or the surrounding area. He is from Oceanside in San Diego County, over 40 miles south from where he was last seen. 

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The hospital's surveillance video was not available as of early Saturday morning.

Anyone with information about Michael's whereabouts was asked to call the Irvine Police Department at 949-724-7200.

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