UPDATE: Laurel County runaway teen found

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Nicholas Hays...runaway in Laurel County 12-11-19

UPDATE: (12/12/19, 11:05 a.m.) –

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says Nicholas S. Hays has been found safe.

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LONDON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a runaway teenager.

Deputies say 17-year old Nicholas S. Hays was last seen off Taylor Subdivision Road, eight miles south of London, just before 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office at 606-864-6600 or 606-878-7000.

 

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