MISSING 13-YEAR-OLD DIMITRI DOULAVERAS FOUND SAFE AFTER POLICE APPEAL

A worrying search for 13-year-old Dimitri Doulaveras has ended with positive news.

NSW Police had appealed for public assistance after Dimitri was reported missing from Narwee in Sydney’s south-west.

He was last seen at a residence in Narwee at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, prompting police from the Campsie Police Area Command to begin searching for him.

Authorities said Dimitri was known to use public transport and could frequent areas including Wollongong, Newcastle and Sydney CBD, leading police to ask people in those communities to keep an eye out for him.

THEN CAME THE UPDATE FAMILIES HOPE FOR

On August 21, NSW Police confirmed that Dimitri had been located safe and well.

The news brings an end to the urgent public appeal that had circulated across the Wollongong and wider NSW communities.

A WORRIED FAMILY.

A COMMUNITY LOOKING OUT.

AND FINALLY — GOOD NEWS.

Dimitri’s safe recovery is a reminder of how quickly a missing-person appeal can reach people who may have information that matters.

For this family, the search has ended with the outcome everyone was hoping for.

DIMITRI HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE.