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Kansas City, Kansas, police seek public’s help finding missing man in crisis

Jeffery Carl Magenheimer, 53, was last seen Jan. 7 when discharged from the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Jeffery Carl Magenheimer, 53, was last seen Jan. 7 when discharged from the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department

Kansas City, Kansas, police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 53-year-old man who they believe is in crisis.

Jeffery Carl Magenheimer was last seen about 8 p.m. Jan. 7 walking southbound on Rainbow Boulevard near the intersection of West 39th Street, police spokeswoman Nancy Chartrand said in a news release Thursday. He had just been discharged from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

“We are very concerned about his well-being as we believe he is in crisis and has no cell phone or personal belongings with him,” Chartrand said. “He has a family here that is also deeply concerned.”

Magenheimer is a white man with light gray hair, hazel eyes, and he weighs about 160 pounds and is 5-feet-10-inches.

He was wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants, black boots, a puffy gray coat and a black Cabela’s stocking cap when he left the hospital, Chartrand said.

Police are asking anyone who sees Magenheimer or knows of his whereabouts to call Det. Bryan Minich at 913-596-3000 or to call the tips hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

This story was originally published January 14, 2021 at 7:51 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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