Angelo Michael Messineo

UPDATE: East Cobb autistic man missing from foster home has been found

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Shortly after 7 p.m., Marietta Police issued this update:

Two Public Safety Ambassadors observed Angelo walking on Cobb Pkwy near EMC Parkway – nearly four miles from his home. Angelo is being returned to his foster family now!

ORIGINAL STORY POSTED, 6:33 P.M.:

Back in March, a young man with autism living in the Sandy Plains Road and Scufflegrit Road area went missing, and he was discovered with a police request for the public’s help.

Angelo Michael Messineo, East Cobb autistic man
Angelo Michael Messineo

The same young man went missing again on Thursday, and Marietta Police want your assistance if you’ve seen him or know where he may be.

Angelo Messineo, 21, wandered away from his foster home at 1521 Evanston Court around 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Marietta Police.

They say he was last seen wearing a blue sweater with a white undershirt and brown khaki pants.

Police also said Messineo starts clapping his hands loudly when he becomes upset, does not remember numbers and may not know how to get back home.

The area around the foster home is being searched by police and fire crews, and police said anyone should call 911 with information on Messineo’s whereabouts.

 

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Missing autistic East Cobb man found safely three miles from home

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Here’s a missing persons story with a happy ending: Marietta Police put out an alert Sunday afternoon for Angelo Michael Messineo, a 21-year-old man from East Cobb with autism, after he disappeared from his home on Evanston Court, off Scufflegrit Road and near Sandy Plains Road.Angelo Michael Messineo, missing autistic East Cobb man

He’s a mid-to-low functioning adult, and he went missing right as rainy weather approached, and with a wet evening forecast overnight Sunday. A Mattie’s Call was issued and multiple law enforcement agencies were dispatched.

Marietta PD said around 8 a.m. today that Messineo had been found safely at Merritt Park, more than three miles from his home, and he’s been returned to his family.

They got assistance from the Cobb Sheriff’s Office, which used bloodhounds to search, as well as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Also helping in the search were the Marietta Fire Department, Cobb Fire Department, Cobb Police, Cherokee Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia State Patrol. 

The case was solved by an individual, as Marietta PD posted:

“Special kudos go to the local resident who called 911 this morning and stated they saw someone walking near Merritt Park that resembled Angelo’s description. Had it not been for the way this community worked together, Angelo might still be missing and vulnerable.”

 

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