Found missing person near Bagnell Dam overlook
Description
Found a missing person yesterday around 3pm near the Bagnell Dam overlook along Highway 54 in Osage Beach, Lake of the Ozarks. He's about 6 feet tall with salt-and-pepper hair and a short beard, wearing a navy windbreaker, olive T-shirt, faded jeans, and a brown cap. He has a distinctive compass tattoo on his right forearm and a small scar above his left eyebrow, and he was clearly distressed, repeatedly asking for his sister. I stayed with him until deputies arrived to make sure he was safe, and the location is near the Bagnell Dam overlook off Osage Beach Road by the Lake of the Ozarks State Park entrance.
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