Metro

Missing autistic teen reunited with family after 3 days

The 14-year-old autistic boy who went missing on Friday was found and re-united with his family in Brooklyn, cops said Monday.

Eliceo Cortez was spotted on Oriental Boulevard by a guidance counselor on her way to work at Leonard M. Goldstein High School in Manhattan Beach around 7:00 a.m., not far from where he went missing three days earlier, cops said.

The teacher drove the teen to the 70th precinct station house where police notified his family, cops said.

Cortez told police he spent the weekend riding the subway. He was found safe and in good condition.

The teen, who also suffers from mental disorders, told his mother, Nancy Reavis, 48, he went to Dave and Buster’s Restaurant and Arcade in Time Square and slept in city parks during his weekend adventure.

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“He was at Dave and Buster’s he said. He was in the park, Canton Park, right here in Brooklyn … He was winding around for a couple of days,” said Reavis.

Cortez is known to skip class, said his mother, who put in a request to the Department of Education for a “one-to-one” para professional to escort him to and from school — that request was ignored, Reavis said.

Before he went missing, Cortez was last seen riding the ‘Q’ train at the Sheepshead Bay station near Voorhies Avenue around 2:40 p.m. after leaving school Friday, cops said.

“I’m glad he’s home. That’s the main thing. Thank God he’s home,” said Reavis.

The DOE said in a statement: “Chancellor Fariña shares the relief of Eliceo’s family and school community that he is safe, and is now focused on working with the NYPD. Our priority is to ensure the safety and security of all students.”