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8-year-old Houston boy who went missing after going outside to play has been found safe, police say

Briana Zamora-Nipper, Community Producer

Ana Gonzalez, Digital Content Producer

Tags: Ferzen Espinel, Houston, missing
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HOUSTON – Ferzen Espinal, the 8-year-old boy who went missing after he went outside to play has been found safe, according to Houston police.

Police confirmed to KPRC 2 Sunday morning that the boy has been located.

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Ferzen had disappeared around 5 p.m. Friday. He came from school, changed out of his school clothing and and went outside to play, police said on Saturday.

Additional information about where he was found and the circumstances have not yet been released.

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Briana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.

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A graduate of the University of Houston-Downtown, Ana moved to H-Town from sunny southern California in 2015. In 2020, she joined the KPRC 2 digital team as an intern. Ana is a self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur, a catmom of 3, and an aquarium enthusiast. In her spare time, she's an avid video gamer and loves to travel.

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