LOS ANGELES (CBS) —  A 12-year-old boy who hadn’t been seen since Wednesday was found safe with a relative Friday.

Keifer Jacob Farfan had reportedly disappeared on his way to school in the Westlake District.

There apparently was a misunderstanding over the boy’s whereabouts, authorities said.

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