Texas Police Officer Goes Missing Following Marathon
San Antonio police are working with detectives from the North Texas town of Flower Mound to find a police officer who went missing after the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon.
Jeremy Ray Varnell, 43, has been missing since Sunday, according to a missing persons report filed with the San Antonio Police Department.
Varnell, a Flower Mound Police Department sergeant, was in San Antonio with friends to run a marathon, the report said.
He was last seen having dinner with friends around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
According to the report, he missed breakfast with friends the next morning and did not answer his phone. His clothes and belongings were still in a hotel room where he was staying, the report said.
Capt. Wess Griffin, a Flower Mound police spokesman, said the department sent two detectives to San Antonio to assist in the search for Varnell in any way possible.
"We are concerned for his well-being because this isn't like him," Griffin said.
Varnell may be driving a blue 2012 Ford Focus with Texas plates DF1X970.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the SAPD missing persons unit at 210-207-7660.
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