Join CafeMom Today! Autism Amber Alert: (FOUND) Missing with Autism: James Blake Roberts (27, Lubbock, TX)
AMBER Alerts are distributed via commercial radio stations, satellite radio, television stations, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio for child abductions only! Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder are NOT included in the criteria for issuing an Amber Alert. This really needs to change.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

(FOUND) Missing with Autism: James Blake Roberts (27, Lubbock, TX)

UPDATE : FOUND http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2010-11-29/missing-lubbock-county-autistic-man-found-safe-morning

















Area lawmen are looking for an autistic man in southwest Lubbock.

He's reportedly been missing since about 2:30 pm, 27 year old James Blake Roberts was last seen at 12708 County Road 1240, just outside of southwest Lubbock.

The Lubbock Sheriff's department said Roberts is considered mentally handicapped.

DPS, LPD and LSO are all searching for him, enlisting the use of a DPS helicopter and bloodhounds to track his scent.

Roberts was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt, with a hood, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The sweatshirt has the words "eagles nest" across the front.

Roberts is a white male, 6 feet tall, weighing about 150 pounds. If you see him, you're urged to call 9-1-1.

Source: http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/local/story/missing-autistic-man-southwest-lubbock-search/gOmlbkkiv0-jMqIMj2ItyA.cspx


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