Police find Johnson County man with autism who went missing Tuesday afternoon
Update: Police said Wednesday afternoon that McGuire Thomas had been found safe and was reunited with his family.
The Prairie Village Police Department is asking for the public’s help with finding a 22-year-old man with autism who was reported missing Tuesday evening.
McGuire Thomas was last seen around 2 p.m. in the area of West 86th Terrace and Nall Avenue, the department said in a news release. His cellphone was electronically tracked to the area of West 87th and Glenwood streets in Overland Park around 7 p.m.
Police say Thomas is mostly nonverbal and “may react physically to a stranger.”
Thomas, who is 5-foot-9 and weighs roughly 220 pounds, was wearing a NASA shirt and black sweatpants when he went missing.
Police are asking anyone with information of Thomas’s whereabouts to contact Prairie Village police at 913-642-6868 or call 911.
Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the missing man as Thomas McGuire. His name is McGuire Thomas.
This story was originally published November 9, 2021 at 7:30 PM.
