UPDATE: Smith was found safe and released to a guardian.
The Springfield Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for 32-year-old Shelby Smith. He is 6’2”, 235 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes, long hair and a chin strap beard. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and long sleeve flannel shirt, jeans and boots.
Smith has autism, depression and Asperger’s syndrome as well as suicidal tendencies. He walked away from a medical facility at 720 N. Elder in Springfield and should be considered endangered.
Anyone with information should call 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or call the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810.