Missing Rockland County teen found alive on Manhattan train, family says

Authorities say the 17-year-old left Samaritan Daytop Village in Rockland County – a school for troubled youths.

News 12 Staff and Natalie Hernandez

Jan 26, 2025, 2:40 AM

Updated 4 hr ago

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The family of a missing teenager from Rockland County confirmed to News 12 Sunday that the teen was found alive on a Manhattan train.
Relatives of Franyer Cruz Dominguez, of Orangetown, launched a search in the Bronx after he went missing on Tuesday.
Authorities say the 17-year-old left Samaritan Daytop Village in Rockland County – a school for troubled youths. His family told News 12 the teen took a cab to 197th Street and University Avenue in the Bronx and ran off without paying.
The family told News 12 they were with the teen at a hospital as of Sunday afternoon.
News 12 Reporter Natalie Hernandez's Saturday night report on the Rockland County family's search for Franyer Cruz Dominguez.