Patrick McCaffery/Credit: Brown Co Sheriff's Office 

Update: Brown Co Sheriff John Merchant, Wednesday afternoon around 12:15, stated that McCaffery has been located safe. No additional details were provided. 

(KNZA)---The Brown County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing man.

Thirty-seven-year-old Patrick Ryan McCaffery was last seen the afternoon of Jan. 12 walking southbound on U.S. Highway 73 from Hiawatha toward Horton.

McCaffery is a Black male, 6-foot-1, with a black afro and a goatee. He was last seen wearing a brown coat, Dickie's brand black pants, an Under Armour shirt and black shoes.

According to the sheriff's office, McCaffery left his home in Padonia, Kansas, at about 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 12 and has not returned. He does not have his wallet, identification or a cellular phone.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Brown County Sheriff's Department at 785-742-7125.