HOUSTON - Family and community members are asking for the public's help to find a missing 15-year-old boy with autism who hasn’t been seen in nearly a week in Houston.

Missing Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia

The backstory:

According to his missing person flyer, Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia was last seen around 3 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Clay Road and Hempstead Road.

FIEL, an immigrant-led civil rights organization, put out a call for help finding Emmanuel during a press conference on Friday.

According to the organization, Emmanuel was selling fruit with his mother on Saturday when he asked to go to the restroom. His mom was reportedly busy tending to a customer at the time, and when she turned back around a few minutes later, he was gone.

After trying to find her son, his mom ca

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