MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mooresville Police launched a search for a missing man believed to have cognitive impairments on Sunday.
The missing persons alert was cancelled later that same day.
Residents had been asked to keep an eye out for 24-year-old Manuel Clarence Dagraca, who is believed to have Autism and the mental capacity of a 9-year-old.
Dagraca is a Black male with short black hair and brown eyes. He is 6-foot-2, weighing 180 pounds.
Police said he had last been seen wearing a black jacket, blue sweat pants, and basketball shoes.
Officials said he had left from Sassafras Road in Mooresville, walking towards Highway 21, and he was picked up and given a ride toward Charlotte.
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