Boy Reported Missing From Walnut, Located Kayne Doughty Jr. had been reported missing after telling his parents that he had a cross country team meeting at Walnut High School.

A missing 14-year-old Walnut boy was found safe Thursday in Whittier, according to a broadcast report.

Kayne Doughty Jr. had been reported missing after telling his parents that he had a cross country team meeting at Walnut High School. He wasn’t there when his parents went to pick him up and it’s unclear if there was a meeting.

The teen was found Thursday at a restaurant in Whittier, his family told CBS2.

The freshman cross country runner’s lunch container was found this morning in a creek along some running trails, family members told reporters at the scene. His cellphone battery was dead, according to news reports.

The teen’s parents said it was not like him to run away or remain out of contact and although a sheriff’s helicopter and search dogs were deployed earlier in an effort to locate the boy, foul play was not suspected and the matter was being treated as a voluntary missing person case, said Lt. John Saleeby, watch commander at the sheriff’s Walnut Station.

When reached tonight, Saleeby said investigators were trying to confirm reports that the boy had been found.