Selma Police Department searching for missing person

Published 11:38 am Tuesday, December 11, 2018

The Selma Police Department’s (SPD) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating a missing person incident.

Ja’Terrious Johnta’vious Peasant, 21, was last seen at 5 p.m. Dec. 6 on the 800 block of Second Avenue, which is his residence.

The SPD began the missing person incident on Sunday, according to Capt. Johnny King.

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King said Peasant hasn’t been seen or heard from since that time.  He said Peasant was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, blue jeans, gray shoes and carrying a black camo style bookbag. He’s 5-foot-8, weighs 154 pounds, brown eyes, black hair and a medium complexion.

King said Peasant’s direction of travel was unknown.

The lead SPD investigators on the case are Sgt. Ray Blanks, Detective Beauty Benjamin and Detective Devan McGuire.

Anyone with information in this case or know the whereabouts of Peasant, call the SPD’s CID Unit at 334-874-2125, the secret witness line at 334-874-2190 or Crime Stoppers at 334-874-2588 or 1-866-442-7463.