Avonte ##z , 14 , has been missing since he dropped out of his school a week ago . `` I just need to find my son because he needs his family , he can not fend for himself out there , '' Vanessa Fontaine told CNN affiliate WABC . ` ` ` He can not fend for himself out there , '' says his mother , Mary Fontaine . An anonymous $ 50,000 check for the reward came in Friday through Autism Today . The family takes the first step toward filing a lawsuit against the city , an article says .
Avonte ##z , 14 , has been missing since he dropped out of his school a week ago . ` ` He can not fend for himself out there , '' says his mother , Mary Fontaine . An anonymous $ 50,000 check for the reward came in Friday through Autism Today . The family takes the first step toward filing a lawsuit against the city , an article says .