“Obviously we have devoted a tremendous amount of resources to the search. We are continuing to put information out. We’re talking to jurisdictions in the Northeast quadrant of the United States. So we are, unfortunately, we are not hopeful that we’re going to find this young man alive, but we are continuing our search.”— NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, when asked about the search for Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy who went missing in Queens nearly three weeks ago.
