ELIOT MADIGAN LAYTON - 16 yo - Somerville MA

Police are searching for a missing 16-year-old from Somerville who is
the son of a Harvard University dean and may be headed to Occupy Boston.

Eliot Madigan Layton, of Morrison Avenue, has been missing since he
left his home in Somerville Tuesday riding a black bicycle and carrying a
green sleeping bag and a violin.

Layton is the son of James Madigan and Daphne Layton, who is the
Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Somerville Deputy Police Chief Paul Upton said Wednesday that Eliot’s
parents believe he could be headed for a wooded area or could possibly
be headed for the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston.

Upton said police have notified area police departments and
Somerville Police walked through the Occupy Boston encampment today
looking for the teen.

Upton said Eliot has disappeared three times in the past. Police said
the teen is strongly drawn to wooded areas and he may appear a bit
awkward or stiff and makes limited eye contact with strangers. Police
believe he is wearing a jean jacket.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact Somerville Police at 617-625-1212.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/cambridge/2011/11/police_search_occupy_boston_fo.html

http://somerville.patch.com/articles/16-year-old-boy-missing-family-seeks-help

16 Year-Old Boy Missing, Family Seeks Help

Elliot Layton, 16, of Somerville, has been missing since Tuesday. His family is asking for help in finding him.

By Chris Orchard
11:25am

A 16-year-old Somerville boy went missing Tuesday, and his family and Somerville police are asking for information about his whereabouts.

Elliot Layton is the son of Daphne Layton, a senior associate dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a Somerville resident, but liked to spend time in neighborhing communities.

A flyer sent about Elliot includes this information:

Elliot left home on a black bicycle with a green sleeping bag and a violin, probably wearing a jean jacket. He is strongly drawn to nature and wooded areas. He may appear a bit awkward or stiff and makes limited eye contact with strangers.

If you have seen him or have any information, please contact the Somerville Police immediately: 617-625-1600.






http://somerville.patch.com/articles/16-year-old-boy-missing-family-seeks-help#c

After the Harvard community mobilized to search for Elliot M. Layton,
the missing 16-year-old son of a Graduate School of Education
administrator, the teenager returned home safely late Wednesday night.
Layton’s
parents became alarmed after he left home on Tuesday morning. On
Wednesday, the GSE—where the teen’s mother Daphne Layton is a senior
associate dean—sprung into action to spread word of Elliot Layton’s
disappearance via phone calls, posters, and social media efforts.
Undergraduates
joined the effort as well, particularly by forwarding a description of
Layton over House and student organization email lists. The email
message and posters told students to keep their eyes peeled for a
six-foot-three-inch teenager riding a black bicycle and carrying a green
sleeping bag and a violin in a black half-moon case.
Since Daphne
Layton described her son as a nature lover who might be drawn to
“wooded areas,” volunteers scoured local forests and trails in hopes of
finding Layton. Community members also checked for him at the Occupy
Boston and Occupy Harvard campsites.
Before Layton returned home
on his own some time after 11 p.m. on Wednesday night, over one hundred
faculty, staff, and students at the GSE had picked up flyers with
Layton’s photograph on them to distribute in the community.




“We wanted to support one of our colleagues,” said GSE
Dean for Administration Jack Jennings. “Daphne is certainly very popular
and when the word got out, people certainly wanted to help in any way
they could.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Daphne Layton’s voice cracked as she described the efforts of the Harvard community as “overwhelming.”
“My colleagues at Harvard have really been amazing,” she said. “I can’t even put into words how grateful we are.”
She said that her son left home in the early hours of Tuesday morning, before she and her husband were awake.
“There
was no fight, there was no indication, there was no event [that
prompted him to leave],” she said. “I just think he was starting to feel
the walls closing in.”
When her son returned on Wednesday night, Layton said she shed “tears of happiness.”
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/17/missing-GSE-student-found/