3:30 P.M. (UPDATE) — The Knoxville Police Department announced that 14-year-old Dakota Johnson has been found safe.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville Police officers are searching for a 14-year-old who was reported missing Tuesday afternoon.
Dakota Johnson, who is autistic, was reported missing around 1:40 p.m. after he left the Big Oak Apartments on Middlebrook Pike. He was last seen walking west on Middlebrook.
Missing Morristown girl, 14, may be accompanied by adult man He was wearing blue jeans and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt with New Balance shoes and a brown backpack.
The public is asked to call 911 if he is seen.
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Authorities say nearly 400 people go missing in Tennessee each year. That’s five people for every 100,000. Check this list of people missing from East Tennessee to see if you can help locate someone.
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