UPDATE: Police locate missing, endangered man

Keith Johnson, 66, was found after being reported missing, St. George, Utah, Oct. 31, 2018 | Photo courtesy of the St. George Police Department, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — Police are searching for 66-year-old Keith Johnson, a St. George man who went missing at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and is believed by authorities to possibly be endangered.


Update Nov. 5, 9:45 a.m.  The St. George Police Department announced in a statement that Keith Johnson was found safe and has been returned to his home.


Keith Johnson was last seen at Chrysalis Activity and Recreational Center, located at 133 East 2580 S. – near the Pilot Flying J Travel Center in St. George. Johnson suffers from schizophrenic and dementia.

Johnson is described as 5’08”, 150 pounds with white hair. He was last seen wearing a blue plaid jacket, jeans and tan work boots and was carrying grocery bags.

St. George Police officers are scouring the area in search of the man while investigators meet at the care facility.

A reverse 911 page – which is sent out to subscribers within a predetermined radius – was also requested detailing information to inform residents of the missing man’s status in a pre-scripted message.

Anyone with information regarding Johnson’s whereabouts is asked to call the St. George Police Department at 435-627-4300.

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1 Comment

  • General Seamstress November 2, 2018 at 3:56 am

    i hope he didn’t get on semi with some trucker thinking the poor guy just needs a lift. might oughta check the truck stops up the highway in both directions. it wouldn’t take long for a trucker to realize somethings wrong and let him out.

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