PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — Police in Prior Lake announced Monday that 19-year-old Jacob Rich of Prior Lake had been located safely in Savage, about five miles northeast of the teenager's hometown.
Police had asked for help from the public to locate the young man with autism who walked away from his vehicle Friday morning and hadn't been seen or heard from until Monday.
Investigators said they had recovered video footage showing Rich leaving his vehicle near O'Connell Road and County Road 42 in Savage just before 10 a.m. Friday. He left in an unknown direction without his cell phone or any of his belongings.
Rich is said to be high-functioning on the autism scale, and both his family and police were concerned for his welfare.
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