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Police search for missing Bellevue 2-year-old boy

The Columbian
Published: November 6, 2011, 4:00pm

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Police are looking for a 2-year-old boy in Bellevue who disappeared after his mother says she left him alone in an unlocked car after it ran out of gas.

She says she took her 4-year-old daughter with her Sunday and when she came back about an hour later, the boy was gone.

Investigators say the boy’s car seat was still in the car and there were no signs of forced entry. Police searched the area until Sunday night.

A police spokeswoman, Officer Carla Iafrate, says detectives were working through the night following leads.

The boy’s name is Sky Metalwala. His parents are going through a divorce. Police say both parent are cooperating.

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