Spanish Fork police searching for missing disabled man

Published: Friday, Aug. 31 2012 8:55 p.m. MDT

Police are asking for assistance in locating Carl Edward Linker, 20, of Spanish Fork. Linker is disabled and functions at a 4- or 5-year-old level, police said.

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Police are asking for assistance in locating a disabled 20-year-old man who was reported missing Thursday afternoon.

SPANISH FORK — Police are asking for assistance in locating a disabled 20-year-old man who was reported missing Thursday afternoon.

Around 4:30 p.m., police received a call that Carl Edward Linker, of Spanish Fork, was missing. The man functions at a 4- or 5-year-old level, according to a news release from the Spanish Fork Police Department.

Linker has been living with his aunt in Spanish Fork since June. He is described as 6-foot-1 and 145 pounds, with brown eyes and short brown hair. Linker was last seen wearing tan cargo shorts and a gray T-shirt. He also wears glasses.

Police are asking anyone with information about Linker's whereabouts to call 801-804-4700.

— Julian Reyes

Twitter: @_JulianReyes_

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