Crime & Safety

Teen Who Missed Connecting Flight in ATL Found Safe

Police have not disclosed the young man whereabouts between the time he went missing and the time he was located in Atlanta.

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An 18-year-old Texas man who disappeared after missing a connecting flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday was found safe on Monday, police said.

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Darian Maurice Blakes was located with family members in Atlanta, a police spokeswoman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Blakes was scheduled to fly from North Carolina to California via Atlanta on Thursday, but never got on the plane to the west coast.

Police did not say where Blakes had been between Thursday and Monday, the AJC said.

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