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Missing 80-year-old man last seen driving Jeep Wednesday evening in Kansas City

Update: Shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, police said Donald Marier had been located and was safe.

Police are searching for an 80-year-old man reported missing Wednesday evening in Kansas City.

Donald H. Marier was last seen driving an orange Jeep Wrangler Rubicon around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday near East 115th Street and North Oak Street in Kansas City, officer Doaa El-Ashkar, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City Police Department, said in an email Thursday morning.

Marier, a white man, is 5-feet-9-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, El-Ashkar said. He has gray hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, jeans, black suspenders and a baseball cap.

“He takes multiple medications, and it’s possible that he may not know where he is at right now,” El-Ashkar said.

Police ask anyone who finds Marier to contact the department at 816-234-5136.

This story was originally published October 15, 2020 at 8:16 AM.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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