Search continues for missing autistic teenager in Victoria’s rugged terrain

Searchers in Victoria are looking for William, a 17-year-old autistic teenager who went missing from a campsite at Walhalla East on Friday. Police say he may have become disoriented in rugged terrain as the weather worsened, and are concerned that the longer he remains missing, the harder it may be for him to stay safe.

William was wearing shorts and work boots and had left his phone at the campsite. His mother identified a box of cereal and a packet of marshmallows found nearby as his; searchers also found an esky. Police are seeking a man and a woman who stopped to help between 7.30pm and 8.30pm in an older white four-wheel drive with a tray and dark canopy.