GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – An 11-year-old boy who was reported missing in Grand Haven on Thursday, October 12, has been found safe.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety sent out a news release on Facebook that Derek Edward Poort a student at White Pines Middle School was missing after walking away from school just after 3:00 p.m.
Poort who is cognitively impaired was found just after 5:15 p.m. Thursday after being spotted near Russ’ by Grand Haven Tribune reporter Becky Vargo.
Officers then located Derek on Park Street near Lake Shore Middle School. The boy is reportedly safe at home now.
