GA GA - Joe Akridge, 53, Columbus, 28 March 2015

JerseyGirl · Apr 8, 2015

The family of a Columbus man who has been missing is offering a $2,500 reward to help find him.

53-year-old Joe Akridge was last seen when he left his home on Valleybrook Road and walked to the Dollar General on Amber Drive on March 28. Akridge does not have a car and has not been seen or heard from since that time.

Akridge is mentally impaired and functions at a 3rd grade cognitive level, said police. He is also on prescription heart and blood pressure medications. His family says he acts more lost and confused when he does not take his medicine.

http://www.wrbl.com/story/28745910/reward-offered-by-family-of-missing-columbus-man

KateB · Apr 22, 2015

Reward doubles to $5,000 for information about missing Columbus man

The family of a Columbus man who has been missing for nearly 3 weeks is offering a $5,000 reward to help find him.

"We've searched woods and dumpsters and just about everything that we know, said Joe's Sister, Ruenell Akridge. We just have done it all, but I just think he walked off and got lost and now he's just out there somewhere.

video & more at link.

KateB · May 21, 2015

After six weeks, family still searching for Joe Akridge
Posted: May 09, 2015
http://www.wtoc.com/story/29022857/after-six-weeks-family-still-searching-for-joe-akridge

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - The family of a missing Columbus man are continuing to search for him.
Family and friends gathered for a walk search for 53-year-old Joe Akridge on Saturday. Akridge walked away from his Valleybrook Road home exactly six weeks ago.

KateB · Jun 28, 2015

Reward offered to help find missing Columbus man
Posted: Jun 24, 2015 7:15 PM CST
http://www.wltz.com/story/29402222/reward-offered-to-help-find-missing-columbus-man

Columbus, GA - It's been 3 long months for a Columbus family they're hoping for the best as the search for a missing family member reaches three months.

Joe Akridge is still missing.

OkieGranny · Jan 26, 2016

From October:

http://www.wtvm.com/story/30262710/columbus-investigator-explains-missing-person-protocol

The search for a missing Columbus man Joe Akridge is still keeping investigators busy...

"We still want him to come home, we still need help with that," said Akridge's sister Ruenell Akridge at a September vigil.

KateB · Mar 29, 2016

Joe Akridge has been missing for 1 year
March 24, 2016 3:32 PM
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/latest-news/article68044277.html

It has been one year since her brother Joe Akridge vanished and Patricia Koonce said she is frustrated and “very depressed.”

“Somebody must know something,” she said on Thursday.

A meeting will be held 3 p.m. Saturday in his home at 5827 Valleybrook Road in Columbus. Flyers will be handed out to those who wish to help. A vigil will be held at 6 p.m.

KateB · Mar 29, 2016

Namus: https://findthemissing.org/en/cases/28496

iulia · Jul 28, 2020

Columbus Police looking for Joel Akridge, missing since 2015

According to police Joel Akridge was last seen in the area of Amber Drive and Valleybrook Road on March 28, 2015. According to his family, Akridge left his home in the 5800 block of Valleybrook Road to walk to the Dollar General store in the area of Buena Vista Road and Amber Drive and never returned home.

Akridge’s family said he would walk to the Dollar General store at least once a week. On this trip he was headed to the store to buy lollipops. That was the last time Joel Akridge’s family saw him.

GuyfromCanada · Mar 28, 2024

MAR 28, 2024

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — It’s been nine years since a Columbus man went missing during his walk to a local dollar store.

Through the years, his family hasn’t stopped searching for answers.

More at Nine Years Later: Family of missing Columbus man continue the search for their loved one

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