London Police: Missing man located

LONDON, Ky. (WATE) — Police in London, Kentucky have found a man who was reported missing.

According to London Police, Jerry J. Stewart, 60, was located at 11:57 p.m. after he was last seen around 2:30 Friday afternoon.

Stewart is 6′ tall and weighs around 200 pounds. He has grey hair and blue eyes, and when he was last seen, he had a longer beard and was wearing a ball cap.

London Police said Stewart recently suffered a stroke and is in the early stages of dementia. While he is mostly non-verbal, he can say a handful of words, London Police added. They also shared that Stewart had a two-day-old bus ticket to Knoxville and may have tried to travel there.

Anyone who has information on where Stewart may be is asked to contact the London-Laurel County 911 Center at 606-878-7000 or local law enforcement.

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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