Salem Thompson has been reported missing since last week Sunday.
With Christmas just a few days away, a Gasparillo mother is begging her 16-year-old son to return home.
Esther Brown of Caratal Road, believes her son Salem Thompson ran away from home a week after she told him he could not attend a party. Brown adopted Thompson when he was two months old. She said he was last seen last Sunday by her daughter Christell Brown.
“I left home to go to the market and he walked out of the house. Christell saw him when he left. She did not ask him where he was going,” Brown said, Asked whether it was customary for him to leave home without telling anyone, Brown said yes.