Family members are appealing for information to learn the whereabouts of Iolan Shawn Cook, who was last seen in Iola a week ago.
Cook, 33, was described by Iola police as 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 140 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and a goatee. He also sports several tattoos.
The Iola Police Department posted his photo on its Facebook page in the hopes of obtaining more information.
“We just want to know if he’s alive and OK,” his cousin, Shawnda Reade told the Register via telephone Friday. “It’s just so unlike him not to call a family member a couple of times a day.”
Cook said a female acquaintance reportedly was the last to have seen him after giving him a ride to his house on South Kentucky Street last Saturday.
Cook then failed to show up at home on Sunday — he lives with and cares for an ailing relative — and failed to call.
“He calls his daughter every day, but nobody has heard from him since then,” Reade said. “He has vanished. We’re getting very worried.”
Iola Police Chief Jared Warner said anybody with information can call IPD at (620) 365-4960.
