UPDATE: According to Garfield Heights police on Aug. 17, the man has returned home.
The Garfield Heights Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a photographer who never showed up to a job assignment on Wednesday afternoon in Akron.
Police said Desmond Burell Beasley, 33, who works as a photographer, was on his way to the I PROMISE school in Akron for a job, but he never showed up.
Family and friends who spoke to police said it was "not like him to miss an obligation."
A friend received a concerning text message from Beasley. His friend said there was no other communication with him.
Beasley's phone service was disconnected at around 2:04 p.m. and was last pinged east of the Streetsboro and Shalersville area.
Beasley was driving a black 2017 Kia Sportage with an unknown registration, possibly a temp tag and a front paper plate with a Spitzer tag.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 216-475-1234.
