Michael Jody George
/ Source: Lexington County Sheriff's Department
Cayce,SC (WACH)-- Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives are seeking help from citizens in finding a 22-year-old West Columbia man who was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Department on Sunday, December 25.
Detectives are seeking help in finding Michael Jody George, 22, of 4029 Edmund Highway, West Columbia.
George’s relatives told detectives that it is out of character for George to remain out of contact with relatives on Christmas Day and for George to remain out of contact with relatives for a long period of time.
George is 6-foot and weighs 135 pounds. George has brown hair and hazel eyes.
George’s brother, John Olin Wannamaker, contacted the Sheriff’s Department at 2:37 p.m. on Sunday and reported that
George was missing, Metts said. Wannamaker told deputies that he last spoke with his brother at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 23 at George’s home.
George’s father, Gary Frederick George, contacted the Sheriff’s Department at about 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, and reported that he found Michael George’s 1994 black Nissan Sentra parked on Beckman Road between Cannaberry Drive and Lena Drive near West Columbia, Metts said.
Deputies and detectives conducted a ground search on Sunday and ground and aerial searches using a helicopter on Monday, December 26 in the area where Michael George’s car was found. The searches did not generate any leads concerning Michael’s whereabouts.
Detectives determined that Michael George became highly intoxicated on Saturday, December 24 while drinking alcohol at a bar on Charleston Highway near Cayce.
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