NYPD seeking tips in case of Brooklyn boy missing since 2010
Patrick Kennedy Alford, 7, disappeared January 22, 2010. At about at 9 p.m. he left his foster parents' apartment in East New York, Brooklyn, to take out the garbage. The 4-feet-8-inch tall Patrick has not been seen again by his foster family.
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The NYPD would not say why it is focusing on Patrick Alford's case as opposed to any other missing child.
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http://www.myfoxny.com/story/18659966/nypd-seeking-tips-in-case-of-brooklyn-boy-missing-since-2010