Man Missing For Weeks Found Safe

Evansville IN

02 July, 2021

10:01 AM

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By John Gibson, WNIN June 2, 2021 A missing Evansville man has been found safe. Evansville Police says officers were dispatched to the area of Hesmer and Weaver roads over the weekend after a caller reported a man sitting at the edge of a wooded area. In a release, the EPD said officers quickly determined it was 44-year-old Jason Patrick Smith. The man's mother reported him missing almost a month ago. She described him as mentally challenged. Smith's family was notified after he was found and he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. The EPD thanked everyone who reached out to police and helped locate Smith WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.