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UPDATE: Runaway Juvenile Reported from Eads Street Has Been Located

by Aaron E. Looney

July 1, 2017

Categories: Be on the Lookout

Topics: Missing Person/Runaway, Third District

UPDATE: Runaway Juvenile Reported from Eads Street Has Been Located

UPDATE: Blake Batiste has been located.

ORIGINAL RELEASE: The NOPD is seeking assistance from the public in locating a juvenile reported as a runaway on June 30, 2017.

The mother of the reported runaway told police that her son, Blake Batiste (DOB: 05-05-2002) had left his grandmother’s house in the 6400 block of Eads Street at about 12:30 p.m. on June 30 without permission and has not been seen or heard from since. Batiste is described as a habitual runaway.

Batiste is described as a black male standing 5’11” and weighing about 180 pounds.

Anyone with any information as to the whereabouts of Blake Batiste is asked to contact Third District detectives at 504-658-6030.