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Boys reported missing in Denver found safe, unharmed

Posted at 5:40 AM, May 01, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-01 10:05:08-04

Denver missing kids

DENVER – Denver police now say two boys reported missing Tuesday are safe and unharmed as they were found roughly 24 hours after the children were seen leaving their home.

Police are not providing any other details on where the boys have been for the past day. But state officers found them in the metro area. The department thanks the community for their help.

The alert was sent out late Tuesday for 12-year-old Antonio Vergara-Cottier and 10-year-old Shane Rigler. Both were last seen near 29th Avenue and Hayward Place in Denver.

Vergara-Cottier is 4’8″, 95 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black and red sweatshirt. Rigler is 4’7″, 72 pounds with brown hair. He was last seen wearing a blue and yellow sweatshirt.