Oregon teen with Asperger's flies to Chicago without anyone knowing

From CBS2 in Chicago:

PORTLAND, Ore. -― Dakota Davis, 14, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, flew from Oregon to Chicago without telling his family.

Davis suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism. He used his mother's credit card to buy an airline ticket on the Internet. He also used the credit card information to catch a ground shuttle to the Portland Airport, then get an electronic ticket and boarding pass to a United Airlines flight to Chicago, reported CBS affiliate KOIN-TV, Portland.

The tickets said the name of his adoptive mother, Virginia Davis, but Transportation Security Administration screeners let Dakota on the plane anyway, KOIN reported.

Police reported the boy as a repeat runaway on Oct. 3; he had escaped for a whole night a week earlier after being dropped off at an Oregon City movie theater. Technicians at AT&T found Dakota's cell phone, with the help of Dakota's sister, KOIN reported.

"She said, 'Mom, sit down. The GPS is circling O'Hare International Airport in Chicago,'" Virginia Davis said.

The technicians also discovered text messages that Dakota had been sending to a female friend, whom he apparently hoped to visit in Chicago. But Chicago Police found Dakota at baggage claim, and sent him home on another flight. He was back in Portland by late Saturday night, KOIN reported.

Dakota's mother and sister are shocked that Dakota got so far without any authorities taking notice.

"How in the world could he get on there by himself?" Virginia Davis said.

A minor does not need an ID to get through the gate.