A 16-year-old girl has gone missing and Arkansas State Police have issued an AMBER alert for her. It is believed that she may be traveling with a 30-year-old man whom she met online.
On Monday, authorities issued an alert for Autumn Nicole Lyon, a resident of Mineral Springs in Howard County, who was reported missing on Saturday. The police have reason to believe that she may be in the company of Adrian Garces.
Autumn is a woman of fair complexion who is known for her long brown hair. She stands at a height of five feet and seven inches and weighs approximately 135 pounds. Although police reports suggest that Autumn’s hair color has changed from blonde to brown, the photos they have provided still depict her with blonde hair.
According to reports, she was last spotted donning a brown t-shirt, black leggings, and white sneakers while styling her hair in a ponytail.
According to reports, Garces is a man of Hispanic descent, standing at five feet and eight inches tall, with medium complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes.
According to the alert, the missing person was last spotted wearing a blue collared shirt and jeans. Additionally, he has a tattoo on his left forearm.
According to the police, Garces is wanted and it is suspected that he and the other person have left for Texas in a gray Ford F-150 pickup. The license plate number of the vehicle is TTK 1766.
I reached out to the Arkansas State Police via email, outside of their standard working hours, for more information, as per Newsweek.
If you have any information regarding Autumn’s location, please get in touch with the Mineral Springs Police Department at (870) 845-2626.
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database, which is federally funded, an average of 664,776 people went missing in the United States between 2007 and 2020. This means that there are about 6.5 missing persons for every 100,000 people.
NamUS reports that there are presently 25,103 active missing persons cases across all states and territories in the United States. However, the disclaimer on the website clarifies that this number does not represent all missing cases nationwide, but only those that have been reported voluntarily.
Back in February, Newsweek had created a map of missing persons cases according to each state.
According to NamUS data, Oklahoma had the highest percentage of missing individuals in the United States, with 16 individuals missing per 100,000. Arizona closely followed with 14.2 missing individuals per 100,000.
