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An uncle ofChadwick Boseman— the actor whodied in August 2020at the age of 43 of colon cancer — has been found, after first being reported missing over the weekend.
Ina Facebook postfrom the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, the late actor’s relative, Tony Boseman, was reported missing on Sunday. ACSO has since updated their post to note that, as of 3:08 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Tony “has been located.”
“Just before 2 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office [and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division/SLED] teamed up and came across him on foot around half a mile away from his house — which is ironic because we’ve searched miles, but it’s understandable because it’s a wood area, almost like a wooden ditch,” ACSO Public Information Officer Shale Remien tells PEOPLE.
Remien says, “We know that he was severely dehydrated. We’re hoping for the best, and that with some quick medical attention, he can get back on his feet.”
Tony Boseman.Anderson County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
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According to a release from authorities, before they located Tony, he had last been seen in the Boseman Road area around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. At the time, he was wearing camo pants, a green shirt, black shoes and a Los Angeles baseball cap.
On Tuesday, the SLED assisted in searching for Tony with a helicopter,WYFF News 4reported. ACSO also had a helicopter on the scene. The release also noted that Tony suffers from dementia and type 2 diabetes.
Remien tells PEOPLE that the efforts to locate Tony included the use of “drones, horses even, with canines, with two choppers, including from SLED and [with] our own Air 1 chopper.”
“[We were] searching the grounds, air, water, all the different ways you can search, a hands-on effort,” she adds. “This would be day three and this was the most critical day just because of his history with dementia as well as diabetes, so to be without your medicine and to be without water for that long is obviously worrisome.”
Chadwick Boseman.Leon Bennett/Getty Images
News of Tony’s disappearance and subsequent location comes after Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony awardedChadwick with his first-ever Emmy win, for his role in Marvel’sWhat If…?series.
TheBlack Pantherstar won in the outstanding character voice-over performance category for his role as Star-Lord T’Challa in the “What If … T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?” episode.
He was nominated in the category alongside F. Murray Abraham (Moon Knight),Julie Andrews(Bridgerton),Maya Rudolph(Big Mouth),Stanley Tucci(Central Park),Jessica Walter(Archer) andJeffrey Wright(What If…?).
Chadwick died of colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020. He had been diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016 and had battled it privately for four years as it progressed to stage IV.
source: people.com
