Search to continue for missing Jefferson Hills teen
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Dive teams from several places in Western Pennsylvania spent part of Tuesday and all of Wednesday traversing the Monongahela River in the area of the Elizabeth Bridge, searching without success for a 15-year-old Jefferson Hills boy reported missing earlier this week.
Jeno Moretti was reported missing by his family. He was last seen Saturday in the Floreffe neighborhood and was wearing a black T-shirt and possibly a black hoodie, according to Trib news partner WPXI.
Divers now in the water as the search for a missing teen continues. Crews are under the Elizabeth Bridge in the Monongahela. #WPXI #PGH #Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/pJJNZX9HYX
— Tony Ruffolo (@WPXITonyRuffolo) November 25, 2020
Dive teams from Crescent Township, Monroeville and Murrysville were have been in the river throughout the search.
Murrysville Medic One Director Darrick Gerano said shortly after 7 p.m. that search efforts on Wednesday were unsuccessful, and that crews had stopped for the night.
Moretti is known to frequent West Elizabeth and the 885 Park area of Jefferson Hills, police told WPXI. He has black hair with blonde tipped braids. He is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds.
Moretti’s mother, Lisa Karner, told WPXI that police had received a tip Tuesday that someone matching Moretti’s description was seen near the bridge, prompting search crews to focus in that area.