Authorities in Kentucky issued an Ian Alert for 17-year-old Jahmari Carter, a missing teenager with autism. The Ian Alert is a new alert system designed to quickly locate missing children with autism or mental illness.
Carter was last seen on Conley Street in Lexington before 10am on Wednesday and was described as 5'7" tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
Thanks to the Ian Alert, Carter was found safe and is being reunited with his family.
The Ian Alert system was created in memory of nine-year-old Ian Sousis, a boy with autism who drowned in the Ohio River after running away from a children's home in 2022.
The system uses the same notification system as the Amber Alert and can notify entire counties within minutes.
