A 19-year-old UGA student who went missing Monday night is back home safe after an intensive search for him all day Tuesday involving multiple agencies in Forsyth County.
Byron's Grogan left home around 9 p.m. to go to Chattahoochee Pointe Park for a run, but didn't return home that night. His parents released a statement saying he became disoriented and lost.
Many on social media asked, why does there appear to be differences in the way certain agencies search for certain missing people?
11Alive's Ashley Johnson breaks down why police take certain measures in different cases.
She found out that there is no set format in handling missing persons cases. Each one is different and there isn't a 24 hour waiting period before you can report an adult missing.
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Cobb County Police spokesperson Sarah O'Hara says there is no time frame for reporting a missing person, as long as someone doesn't show up to somewhere they were supposed to be.
Gwinnett County Police confirmed that anyone can report someone missing from the initial call. There is no time limit in Georgia to be considered missing.
As to why there were so many resources used in this most recent case with Grogan, Cobb County
Police said given the circumstance, they would have done the same thing as Forsyth County.
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11Alive also reached out to Atlanta Police and Dekalb County about their missing persons procedures.
APD said once an individual is classified as missing, the case will be forwarded to the appropriate Major Crimes Unit and the Homicide Unit for adults.
DeKalb Police say it is automatically a missing person case when it pertains to children or seniors who suffer a medical condition like Dementia.
