Missing Memphis Marine Found and Incarcerated | News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Memphis Marine who disappeared from a base in a heavily wooded area of ​​Missouri has been found and jailed.

Kavian Elder was reported missing from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on May 3. Booking records show the 19-year-old Marine was arrested and booked into the Crawford County, Missouri, jail on June 11. According to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office website, Elder was convicted of a federal offense and is being housed by the U.S. Marshals Service in St. Louis. Elder has no bond, according to jail records.

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Elder's father, Fred Elder, appealed for his son's return after he went missing in May. “Kavian, we all miss you. We love you. Your mother loves you. I am your father, I love you… You have to face what you did. But I will be there with you, hand by hand, step by step to deal with this situation,” said Fred Elder.

Elder was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, in a heavily wooded area of ​​Missouri. The base is about an hour and 20 minutes southwest of Crawford County, Missouri, where the Marine was incarcerated more than a month after his disappearance.