Selma Police Department finds missing person

Published 1:44 pm Tuesday, December 11, 2018

The Selma Police Department’s (SPD) Criminal Investigation Division (CID)’s investigation ended Tuesday when the missing person was found.

SPD Sgt. Ray Blanks said Ja’Terrious Johnta’vious Peasant, 21, was found around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 80 West near County Road 7.

“He was heavily dehydrated and was delusional,” Blanks said. “He was taken to Vaughan Regional Medical Center and being checked out.

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Before the SPD found Peasant, he was last seen at 5 p.m. Dec. 6 on the 800 block of Second Avenue, which is his residence.

The SPD began the missing person incident on Sunday, according to Capt. Johnny King.

The lead SPD investigators on the case were Blanks, Detective Beauty Benjamin and Detective Devan McGuire.