Faith
12-08-2008, 07:08 PM
Autistic Tuckahoe man reported missing
By Richard Liebson
The Journal News • December 8, 2008
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TUCKAHOE - Village police and the family of a 22-year-old autistic man who disappeared Thursday are asking for the public's help.
"It's very cold outside and we're hoping that anyone who sees him will give us a call,'' police Lt. Kevin Ferry said of Justin Billings, who was last seen about 6 a.m. near the Tuckahoe train station. "We're describing him as an 'endangered runaway' because he's highly functioning, but he's never done anything like this before."
"We're devastated,'' said the man's mother, Robin Billings. "I've cried so many times."
She said that her son left the family's 100 Columbus Ave. apartment without his cell phone and that he was upset after learning that he had not been accepted into a job-training program. She said Billings sometimes takes walks when he becomes upset or disappointed and that he often goes to libraries in the area.
"Usually he'll walk over to the library, look at a few books, go on the computer and then come home when the library closes,'' she said. "He really wants to find a job and go to work, and we know he was disappointed about the training program. I just hope he comes home soon."
Police said Billings, who is black, 5-foot-10 and weighs about 180 lbs., knows how to use the train and sometimes frequents malls in White Plains and the Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester.
He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap (possibly a Yankees cap), gray Reebok sneakers, gray jeans, black socks and a gray Gucci winter jacket with a hood.
Anyone who has seen him or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call Tuckahoe Police at 914-961-4800.
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By Richard Liebson
The Journal News • December 8, 2008
http://cmsimg.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=BH&Date=20081208&Category=NEWS02&ArtNo=812080384&Ref=AR&MaxW=180&Border=0
TUCKAHOE - Village police and the family of a 22-year-old autistic man who disappeared Thursday are asking for the public's help.
"It's very cold outside and we're hoping that anyone who sees him will give us a call,'' police Lt. Kevin Ferry said of Justin Billings, who was last seen about 6 a.m. near the Tuckahoe train station. "We're describing him as an 'endangered runaway' because he's highly functioning, but he's never done anything like this before."
"We're devastated,'' said the man's mother, Robin Billings. "I've cried so many times."
She said that her son left the family's 100 Columbus Ave. apartment without his cell phone and that he was upset after learning that he had not been accepted into a job-training program. She said Billings sometimes takes walks when he becomes upset or disappointed and that he often goes to libraries in the area.
"Usually he'll walk over to the library, look at a few books, go on the computer and then come home when the library closes,'' she said. "He really wants to find a job and go to work, and we know he was disappointed about the training program. I just hope he comes home soon."
Police said Billings, who is black, 5-foot-10 and weighs about 180 lbs., knows how to use the train and sometimes frequents malls in White Plains and the Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester.
He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap (possibly a Yankees cap), gray Reebok sneakers, gray jeans, black socks and a gray Gucci winter jacket with a hood.
Anyone who has seen him or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call Tuckahoe Police at 914-961-4800.
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