Flyer that had been put out in the search for Kevin Rugg, St. George, Utah | Photo courtesy of the St. George Police Department, St. George News
ST. GEORGE — A disabled man with autism was found safe Wednesday morning after he had been missing for nearly two days.
Eighteen-year-old Kevin Rugg, who police said functions at the level of an 8-year-old, was found around 9 a.m., within 3 to 4 miles of his home in the Dinosaur Crossing area of St. George, St. George Police Officer Tiffany Mitchell said.
Family and the police had been looking for Rugg since he was last seen at 1 p.m. and Monday and the public was asked to help find him.
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Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.