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HOWELL - Authorities are searching for a 22-year-old man with autism who was last seen on May 19, township police said.
Yasin Barrett, who was reported missing by his family on June 1, was last seen at his residence in the Toscana development off Fort Plains Road, behind the Home Depot, officials said.
He is not in possession of a wallet or cellphone, according to authorities.
The man is described as high-functioning autistic. He has previously gone missing and was located in New York City after his previous disappearance, police said.
Howell Police said they have been in contact with the New York Police Department and Port Authority Police.
A highway section near the University of Southern Mississippi has been named to honor a civil rights pioneer who was wrongfully convicted after he tried to enroll at the all-white university in the 1950s.