Endangered Missing Person

The Maries County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 1405 US 63 at 11:00 PM on 7/26/2023. The endangered person is 15 year old Jose Morales who is described as being a hispanic male, 5 foot 7 inches tall, 160 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a lip piercing. Morales possibly left with his biological father, an unknown named Hispanic male. Believed to be either in the St. Louis area or Columbia area. Anyone seeing the 15 year old Jose Morales or anyone having any information related to the endangered missing person should immediately dial 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or call the Maries County Sheriff’s Office at 573-422-3381.