Police ask for assistance finding 16-year-old boy with autism who went missing from Holladay - KSL.com

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Police are asking for assistance to find Devin "DJ" Meadows, who went missing connected Tuesday day and is successful request of medication. (Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake)

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HOLLADAY — Police are asking for assistance to find a 16-year-old lad with autism who went missing Tuesday day and is considered astatine risk.

Devin "DJ" Meadows is successful urgent request of medication, and anyone with accusation astir his whereabouts is asked to telephone the Unified Police Department astatine 801-840-4000. Police accidental the lad is much similar a 6-year-old mentally.

Devin was past seen wearing bluish shorts and a camouflage long-sleeved shirt, according to the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake. Police said Devin present has a shaved head. He is 5-foot-6 and weighs astir 120 pounds, according to a missing persons flyer posted connected societal media.

Police accidental Devin had been successful occupation astatine school, and helium ran disconnected astir 3 p.m. erstwhile his parents were talking to him astir discipline. He is missing from the country adjacent 1500 E. Spring Lane successful Holladay.

"He's taken disconnected earlier erstwhile he's gotten successful occupation but ne'er this agelong and he's ever travel back," said Unified Police Lt. Paul Barker.

"The longer we spell ... it conscionable keeps getting scarier and scarier ... truthful we're hoping for a blessed outcome," helium continued.

Officers person been going door-to-door to look for Devin, and person employed the usage of a drone that's equipped with cameras to spot astatine night. The drone besides has a talker that is broadcasting messages to Devin, saying helium is not successful occupation and asking him to delight travel home.

"It's a caller programme for the Unified Police Department," Barker said. "We've had occurrence catching atrocious guys and we've sent it retired connected immoderate missing radical and runaways and worldly similar that. We're starting to utilize exertion wherever we can."