10-year-old missing for nearly 2 days

COLUMBUS – Columbus police are searching for a 10-year-old boy who has not been seen since Sunday morning.

UPDATE 4/25/18 5:27 a.m.: Josias Smith Jr. was recovered safely on April 24

Columbus Div. of Police
Josias Smith Jr., 10, has not been seen since Sunday morning. (Columbus Div. of Police)

Josias Smith Jr. was last seen near his home in the Mount Vernon area on the East Side at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, said Det. Keith O’Connor of the Special Victims Bureau’s Missing Persons Unit.

O’Connor says Josias was wearing a pair of blue and white Jordan shoes and possibly a navy blue coat.

He is 4’8” tall and weighs 65 lbs.

There is no know direction of travel or possible destinations.

Anyone with any information about Josias Smith’s whereabouts is asked to call Columbus police at 614-645-4545.