CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Clayton County Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing teenager struggling with a mental illness.
According to police, 18-year-old Jeremiah Mateen was last seen walking away from his home on Thornhedge Drive in Riverdale around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Mateen, police say, was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and does not have his medication with him.
He stands 5-foot-6 and weighs about 130 pounds, police said. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt and grey shorts.
Anyone with information on Mateen's whereabouts is asked to call the Clayton County Police Department at (770) 477-3747.
