A Golden Alert is underway for 54-year-old Tywon Sawyers after he walked away Thursday morning from where he was staying in the 1500 block of Crums Lane in south Louisville, near the Shively border. Caretakers told police he is incapable of taking care of himself, and he has not been seen since roughly 11:15 a.m.
The Louisville Metro Police Department issued the alert after Sawyers disappeared from the Crums Lane address, according to WLKY. He was last seen wearing black Puma pants, a black shirt, a white jacket with the letters FB on the back, and white shoes. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 502-574-5673.
The area where Sawyers vanished sits in South Louisville right next to the incorporated city of Shively, a 4.6-square-mile municipality built around Seventh Street Road, Dixie Highway and Interstate 264, according to Louisville Metro Government. Separate reporting from WHAS11 confirmed the same walk-away time and location, noting Sawyers’ caretakers reported he cannot look after himself.
Why Golden Alerts Move So Fast
Golden Alerts exist specifically for situations like this one. Under Kentucky Revised Statutes ยง 39F.180, law enforcement agencies and 911 dispatch centers must immediately broadcast a Golden Alert to local emergency management directors, search and rescue coordinators, and news media whenever an impaired adult goes missing, with no mandatory waiting period before search efforts begin, per the Kentucky Legislature. That immediacy is why word of Sawyers’ disappearance reached the public within hours rather than days…