Police Search For Missing Sheraden Teen

Joseph Harris, 17, Last Seen Friday

POSTED: 5:36 pm EST November 17, 2008

UPDATED: 6:00 pm EST November 17, 2008

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police are looking for a 17-year-old boy missing since Friday.

Joseph Harris, of Chartiers Avenue in Sheraden, took a bus downtown from Schenley High School after class Friday afternoon.

He was supposed to take another bus to his job at the Mall at Robinson, but never did.

Police said Harris told friends he was going to Brighton Heights to meet someone by the name of "G."

"He doesn't normally frequent the North Side. Apparently there's a person named "G" who has an interest in our son," said father Joseph Harris, Sr.

Harris' parents said their son has never done anything like this before.

"He's a really good kid, well-loved, and please, Joseph, if you see us, please come home. This is your year to graduate. We're going down that road -- 2009 is your year. Please come home. I beg you," said mother Carla Harris.

Harris is five feet seven inches tall, 130 pounds and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans and white Converse Chuck Taylor shoes.

"I just can't go on like this, I can't. Joseph, please come home. If you're looking, there's no one bigger than us, there's no problem bigger than us. Just come home. Please come home," said Carla Harris.

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