The Crenshaw County Sheriff has released details related to the location of a Rutledge man missing since last Friday.

The Sheriff’s office requested the community’s assistance with locating Gary Alan Mount Friday morning, June 26.  He was later located with assistance from local citizens and transported to an area hospital for treatment and evaluation.

“We were getting ready to go talk to some individuals that were last seen with him or that were around him,” said Chief Deputy Chris Stewart. “Today, we decided to call ALEA (the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency).  One of their SBI (State Bureau of Investigation) agents is a drone operator.
“We had no luck in locating the vehicle or Mr. Mount, and we were getting ready to go do a search warrant and [received word] about some citizens that found a car across a creek on the backside of a hay field at the dead end of Ivy Creek Church Road.”

Before law enforcement issued the request, Mount was last seen on June 20 leaving the area of Swanner Bridge Road and Holland Bridge Road heading toward Rutledge. At the time he was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer (red) bearing Alabama tag 24A0NYH.

According to Stewart, Sheriff Terry Mears and deputies traveled to the area and went as far back into the field as possible before mounting ATVs to continue.

“We followed the two citizens all the way across the hay field to the creek as far as we could take our vehicles,” Stewart explained. “We got into a side-by-side with them, drove on across the creek, and that’s where we located the vehicle and Mr. Mount.

Mount physically appeared to be stable. Deputies loaded him into a vehicle and transported him through the hay field and up to the road where Luverne Rescue was waiting to take him for treatment.

Mount, 59, is a white male with brown eyes and white hair. He stands five-foot-nine and weighs approximately 200 pounds.

Stewart said all appearances indicate Mount remained in the vehicle since his disappearance.

“There was every indication that he had not been anywhere else,” Stewart said. “And as of this point, there doesn’t appear to be any signs of foul play. We’ll conduct an interview with him on a later date, once he has time to recover.”

Stewart said the department was deeply grateful for the citizens who played an integral part in Mount’s recovery.
“We want to give a huge shout out,” he said. “We are forever grateful for what they did, finding him and getting back up to the road where they could call 911 to let us know where he was at and take us back there.”