UPDATE: Ayden has been found in Mt. Vernon and returned home.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Carbondale Police need your help finding a missing juvenile.

Police say 17-year-old Ayden N. Van Hook was last seen around 4 Tuesday afternoon in the 400 block of East Walnut Street. Van Hook was last seen wearing black shoes, black sweat pants and a white and gray tie-die hoodie with a skull and red roses on it. Van Hook also had a black drawstring bag with him.

Van Hook is a white male, standing 5’9″ tall and weighs 165 pounds with blond hair and brown eyes. He is believed to be in the Mt. Vernon or Centralia area.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Van Hook should contact Carbondale Police at 457-3200.

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