INDEPENDENCE. KY. — A missing teenager out of Independence was located safely, the Independence Police Department said Monday.
Police said that the 15-year-old had been missing since Friday morning.
Sunday afternoon, we met with the boy's father, Kenneth Kirk.
"It's scary, it's hard to deal with. It's just, it's painful, is what it is," Kirk said.
"When stuff like this happens, you're worried you're going to get a bad phone call, or have a police officer come to your door, deliver bad news, and that's the hardest thing with this," Kirk said.
The boy's father said the teenager has had long-lasting struggles with mental health and substance use.
"When he's doing good, he's a completely different person, he likes to play guitar, he likes to go fishing, he actually likes working on little stuff with me out in the garage," Kirk said.
Police did not say where the teen was located, but that he was safe.
