KENTUCKY — A Golden Alert has been issued for an 18-year-old man from Laurel County who authorities say has autism and requires medication.
According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, the last known contact with Robert Ayden Banks was a phone call made near Chaney Ridge Road, about three miles north of London, around 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Investigators believe Banks may have been picked up by a red van traveling toward Piedmont.
Authorities described Banks as 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing about 270 pounds with sandy brown hair. He was last seen wearing glasses, gray shorts and a black T-shirt.
Anyone with information about Banks’ whereabouts is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 606-864-6600.
