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From the City & Region staff at The Boston Globe

Missing boy found in Brockton

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May 3, 2008 04:54 PM

By Sarah Gantz, Globe Correspondent

A 5-year-old boy who was reported missing in Brockton Friday night was found unharmed early this morning, but police are still searching for the his mother's boyfriend, with whom he was last seen.

Derek Pratt, who was found at 4:30 a.m., had last been seen with his mother’s boyfriend, James Howe.

Howe, 39, is 6-foot-3 and weighs 190 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and police believe he is traveling in a 2001 Kia Optima.

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