Multiple agencies searched through the night for a missing 15-year-old autistic teen who disappeared Monday in the Torrance Road area in Baldwin County.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office says Jeffrey Epps, a non-verbal autistic teen, was last seen wearing a yellow shirt and gray shorts. He is 5-foot-3-inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds.
Search teams have deployed every available resource, including K9 units, thermal drones, a FLIR-equipped helicopter, ATVs, UTVs, and grid-search crews combing wooded areas. Officials say crews will continue searching overnight.
Agencies involved: Baldwin County Fire, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, Milledgeville Police, Atrium EMS, Georgia State Patrol, Georgia DNR, Wilkinson County Fire, and Baldwin County EMA.
Anyone who sees Jeffrey is urged to call 911 or the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office at 478-445-4891.
