WEBSTER, S.D.—A Waverly man who went missing and was the subject of a search this week has been found.
The Day County Sheriff’s Office issued a very brief statement on the search this morning. It was read by former Day County Emergency Manager Wes Williams, who’d been helping in the search for Richard “Butch” Carpenter.
“Richard Butch carpenter was located along with his vehicle is safe and his family has been notified,” Williams said. “The Day County Sheriff Office thanks you for everyone’s help in this matter.”
And that was the extent of the statement.
Carpenter was last known to be in the Bitter Lake area near Waubay on Sunday night.
That’s where the search was focused on Monday and part of Tuesday, until the search abruptly ended as law enforcement, “pursued new leads.”
Authorities are not saying where Carpenter was found, or why he went missing, only that he is, “safe, and his family has been notified.”
(Mike Tanner, KWAT, contributed this story.)
