January 7, 2002

WYATT - Law enforcement officials, volunteers and other agencies were out in full force over the weekend, looking for a missing Illinois man after his truck was discovered Friday afternoon. According to the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office, the department received a call from an officer who spotted a truck in Thompson's Bend near Wyatt around 4 p.m...

WYATT - Law enforcement officials, volunteers and other agencies were out in full force over the weekend, looking for a missing Illinois man after his truck was discovered Friday afternoon.

According to the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office, the department received a call from an officer who spotted a truck in Thompson's Bend near Wyatt around 4 p.m.

After making a phone call to authorities in Illinois and speaking will family members, it was discovered the truck belongs to 73-year-old Walter Gibbs of Anna who has been missing since Dec. 11.

Gibbs had not been found as of press time on Saturday.

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