Missing Detroit 15-year-old Lawrence Dowl hasn't been seen in days

Search is on for missing Detroit teenager

15-year-old Lawrence Dowl was last seen on Tuesday when he entered a white Dodge Durango. His family has grown more desperate over the days and have started looking for him, combing through woods on the city's west side.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Breaking Update: Police sources told FOX 2 that Lawrence Dowl was found dead at a Detroit cemetery. 

A Detroit family is desperate to find a missing 15-year-old who was last seen two days ago before failing to return home.

Detroit and Michigan State Police joined the search on Thursday, targeting a park on the city's west side. 

What we know:

The family were searching for 15-year-old Lawrence Dowl, who was last seen earlier this week when he entered a white Dodge Durango on the city's west side.

Both Detroit and Michigan State Police were seen canvassing a park in the area of Stansbury and Pembroke Thursday afternoon, using a K-9 unit as they looked for the teen.

Dowl was last seen on Tuesday, Aug. 12 and was reported missing on Wednesday. 

He has brown eyes, weighs 145 pounds, and is 5-feet-7-inches. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black jogging pants, and black shoes.

Lawrence Dowl, 15, of Detroit

What we don't know:

Dowl left his cell phone at home, giving police no way of pinging his device for location. 

Police received a tip about the park they were searching for, but have no other details about his whereabouts.

What they're saying:

FOX 2 spoke to Dowl's aunt Lamisha Pullom about the family's search. 

She said a friend told the family Dowl and another boy had been dropped off in the area before they started walking.

"We were told by a friend or supposed to be a friend, the person who was driving the car, that they dropped him and another boy off in this area and they took off walking," she said.