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Missing 13-Year-Old Located Near Obion River Swamp

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BRUCETON — A 13-year old Bruceton boy was located on Tuesday, March 8 after a formal search involving 35 people from various agencies. Dylan Blake Freemster-Holloman was found .49-mile off the road near a swamp. He was weak and tired from not eating and was airlifted to Vanderbilt hospital for observation.

The teams gathered at Bruceton Fire Department at 8 a.m. and dispersed in smaller teams. A team of four searchers found Dylan at 10:12 a.m.

Amanda Sneed, with the Carroll County Fire Department, said 35 persons from the county’s rural fire brigades, Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, Carroll County Rescue Squad, TBI, THP, Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Priority Ambulance, and firefighters from Bruceton, McKenzie, and Huntingdon conducted a search for the missing youth.

An Endangered Child Alert was issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on behalf of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office for 13-year-old Dylan Blake Feemster-Holloman. The report indicated Dylan has a medical condition that can impair his ability to make it home safely without help. He was last seen wearing a blue Memphis Tigers t-shirt and blue jeans carrying gray tennis shoes on March 4. The report stated Feemster-Holloman has brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5’4” tall.