UPDATE: An autistic teenager in Eastpointe missing since yesterday afternoon--has returned home. Police tell WWJ 13-year-old Marquise Tolbert had left a family member’s home with an unidentified person in a black pickup truck. An officer is speaking with the family and the teen--who returned home early this morning on his own, safe and sound. POlice are trying to determine why then teen left home.
Eastpointe police say Marquise Tolbert, 13, was last seen leaving a family member’s home on Pleasant near Toepfer with “an unknown person in a black pickup truck." (truck pictured below). It may be a Chevrolet Silverado, according to police.
Marquise is described as 6 ft. tall and 180 lbs. He vanished wearing a navy-blue T-shirt, dark blue jeans, and white low-cut FILA tennis shoes.
He has “medium length hair in a fade style,” police say.
Anyone who had seen Marquise or knew where he is was asked to call 911 or Eastpointe Police at 586-445-5100, extension 1002.