Thursday, March 12, 2026

Silver alert: Autistic man missing

UPDATE: The WPD reports Brown has been located.

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Police Department has released a silver alert for Howard Lee Brown III.

The 48-year-old is autistic and was last seen on foot but in what direction is unknown. 

Brown was wearing a T-shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, and a baseball cap. The photograph released is not current.

Anyone with information should contact WPD at 910-343-3609, or call 911.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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