HOLIDAY — An 11-year-old Pasco County boy missing since Wednesday afternoon has been found safe.
- Missing boy, 11, found safe at friend's home
- Deputies had been searching for Janoy Romero in Holiday
- Boy had not been seen since leaving Villa Rosa Drive home Wed
Pasco County Sheriff's detectives said Janoy Romero was found safe Thursday morning at a friend's home. He hadn't been heard from since 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Officials had brought in additional deputies in the search overnight.
Authorities said Romero was last seen just before 4 p.m. leaving his home on Villa Rosa Drive. The boy asked his mother for a dollar and said he was going to a neighborhood store.
He left the home and had not been seen since.
Authorities have not released details about who the boy was with and why his family did not know.