Missing Special Needs Student Found Safe

A missing 19-year-old special-needs Cañada College student was found safe early Thursday morning after authorities had been for him since Tuesday, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

Roz Sarmiento, who lives in South San Francisco, has been reunited with his family this morning after he was reported missing Tuesday afternoon from Cañada College, located at 4200 Farm Hill Blvd. in Redwood City.

Stanford Medical Center officials called the sheriff's office around 4 a.m. and said Sarmiento had walked into the emergency room alone and check himself in, according to sheriff's officials.

Deputies responded to the hospital and found Sarmiento in good condition, according to the sheriff's office.

Sarmiento was reported missing after he was last seen on campus leaving class for lunch around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to sheriff's officials.

--Bay City News

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