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Missing 15-year-old who took $1K, left note saying he didn’t want to be found located safely

Posted at 9:30 PM, Nov 06, 2018
and last updated 2018-11-06 21:30:21-05

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. – Authorities say a missing New Jersey boy who took $1,000 out of his savings, a backpack and his bicycle before he disappeared the day before Halloween has been found safe.

Thomas Kolding left his cellphone and wrote a note saying that he didn’t want anyone to try to find him, according to the Morristown Daily Record.

Kolding was last known to be at his family’s Mountain Lakes home Oct. 30, according to a news release from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. Officials believe he took the train to New York City, but where he went after that is not known.

The search for Kolding spanned two weeks.

The boy’s father, Nicolai Kolding, told the paper he worried that a recent  argument about grades might have pushed his son – a high school freshman taking honors courses in math and science – over the edge.

“He is a wonderful, resourceful, and far-too-adventurous young man who we are worried about beyond words,” his mother, Aleksandra Kolding wrote on Facebook. “Please keep spreading the word and tell all to look for a very LARGE BLACK BACKPACK he has on him – I think that’s the telltale sign for those that don’t recognize him.”