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Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old boy with autism whose mother allegedly denied having a child when questioned by authorities

The boy, Jacob Pritchett, was reported missing following a welfare check at his mother's apartment in Brooklyn

Authorities have subsequently been searching a landfill in upstate New York where garbage from New York City is taken

Authorities in upstate New York have joined the search for an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy with autism who hasn’t been seen in more than a week.

The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC .

The outlet reported that authorities had gone to the boy's mother's Brooklyn apartment on Sept. 25 to conduct a wellness check. Jacob, who is reportedly nonverbal, wa

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