Police Ask For Help In Locating Missing Davidson Teen

WFAE | By Jodie Valade

Published March 10, 2020 at 1:56 PM EDT

Updated March 11 11:15 a.m.

Ket Barrington was located Wednesday.

Davidson police are asking for help in locating a missing 16-year-old boy.

Bereket "Ket" Barrington left his home on Grey Road in Davidson during the early morning hours Monday -- without his phone, computer, wallet or any means of transportation.

He is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He has a distinctive, deep voice with a slight Ethiopian accent.

Barrington, who attends William A. Hough High School in Cornelius, is known to frequently walk in Aberhsam Park in Davidson.

Anyone with information about Barrington is asked to contact Detective Philip Geiger at pgeiger@townofdavidson.org or 704-892-5131.

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Jodie Valade

Jodie Valade has been a Digital News and Engagement Editor for WFAE since 2019. Since moving to Charlotte in 2015, she has worked as a digital content producer for NASCAR.com and a freelance writer for publications ranging from Charlotte magazine to The Athletic to The Washington Post and New York Times. Before that, Jodie was an award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She also worked at The Dallas Morning News covering the Dallas Mavericks — where she became Mark Cuban's lifelong email pen pal — and at The Kansas City Star. She has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Master of Education from John Carroll University. She is originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan.

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