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Gary Wayt, partner of 'Teen Mom' star Amber Portwood, found

Teen mom Gary Wayt, the missing partner of star Amber Portwood, has been found.

On Friday, June 14, three days after he was first reported missing by the Bryson City Police Department in North Carolina, Wayt, 39, was found. Police wrote in an update shared on Facebook that “the case is closed.”

“Gary Wayt has been located,” the message read. “No further information available at this time.”

PEOPLE has reached out to the Bryson City Police Department for further comment.

On June 11, the same day he disappeared, police confirmed to PEOPLE that they had obtained video footage of Wayt in Oklahoma, more than 900 miles from where he was last seen .

He was first reported missing on June 11 after Teen mom The 34-year-old star said the couple had a “discussion” on June 9, although Portwood added it “wasn't a big fight or anything like that.” Wayt left the house that day with his keys and wallet — but not his phone — and did not return, she said.

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“No one was excited or anything, it was emotional because it had something to do with the fact that his parents were Vietnamese and I am who I am,” Portwood said in a live broadcast on Youtube. “He was very upset about it, I was upset. We don't yell at each other, we don't hurt each other.”

The same day police said Wayt was seen, Portwood called the situation a “big deal” and noted his concern.

“His parents, everyone is very worried. I'm worried,” Portwood said on YouTube. “We are very scared right now.”

Portwood in 2017 and Wayt.

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“We are very much in love. This man asked me to be with him, this man then asked me to marry him,” she added.

Portwood first introduced Wayt in an episode of Teen Mom: Next Chapter aired earlier this month.

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According to a source who spoke with American weeklythe couple began dating in January after meeting on a dating app, and Wayt proposed “within the last couple of weeks” after the episode aired.

He reportedly suggested using a ring made from “a family stone that was reset into a new ring.” An insider told the outlet that they underwent “couples therapy” before getting married and were “doing the work to prevent problems before they start.”

Portwood made her first television appearance 16 and pregnant, in which her ex-boyfriend Gary Shirley made frequent appearances. The two were together from 2008 to 2011 and share a 15-year-old daughter named Leah. She also shares son James, 6, with her ex, Andrew Glennon.

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