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Missing person: APD seeks help locating Gerald Bethel Colwell

Missing person: APD seeks help locating Gerald Bethel Colwell

Gerald Bethel Colwell, 60, was reported missing on March 18, 2026. Photo: Contributed/Asheville Police Department


ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Asheville Police Department is asking for help locating Gerald Bethel Colwell, 60, who was reported missing on March 18, 2026.

Colwell was last seen on Patton Avenue on March 10 and last communicated with on March 9. He is described as a 60-year-old white male, 5-foot-7, around 145 pounds, with gray hair, blue eyes and a mustache. He has a wolf print and shield tattoo on his right calf.

Colwell is developmentally delayed and known to frequent west Asheville at a South Bear Creek Road residence. He drives a gray-white Volkswagen Golf.

If anyone has any information about Colwell’s whereabouts, please contact the Asheville Police Department at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD app or by texting “TIP2APD” to 847411

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