Columbia police call off search after missing man is found

John Linder — Columbia Police Department

By Ryan Shiner

today at 8:11 PM

Published June 30, 2026 7:57 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Columbia Police Department announced on a Tuesday evening social media post that it was looking for an at-risk man with dementia.

Police were looking for John Linder, 76, of Columbia. He was last seen around 6:15 p.m. in the 200 block of North Stadium Boulevard while driving a dark gray 2025 Jeep Cherokee.

Police wrote at 8:08 p.m. that they had found Linder.

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