05:45 PM EDT on Thursday, September 22, 2005

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Norfolk police say a ten-year-old boy missing since Wednesday has been found at Little Creek Amphibious Base in Virginia Beach.

Officer Chris Amos says Zechariah Lucas and his family moved to Norfolk recently from Gulfport, Mississippi.

Amos says the boy disappeared yesterday morning when he ran away from the family's room at the Ramada Inn in Oceanview after arguing with his mother.

Amos says the boy's mother, Linda Canham, told officers he has a history of running away but always has returned by nightfall.

Police say their investigation is continuing.

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