Police ask for public's help in finding missing 18-year-old

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 18-year-old was was last seen in Mount Vernon, WA after being released from Skagit Valley Hospital on Jan. 2.

The Mount Vernon Police Department confirmed to KIRO 7 that Austin Timpe, originally from Vancouver Washington, boarded a bus from Mount Vernon to Everett after being released from the hospital, but has not been seen since.

According to a Facebook page set up by family members, Timpe is 5 foot 9 inches, about 185 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. A description in the Facebook page says Timpe is "diagnosed as schizophrenic, probably somewhat disoriented and desperate."

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