Update 1:42 p.m. July 29, 2021: The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office reported that Rickie Sluder returned home this afternoon and was unharmed. The statewide Silver Alert has been canceled.

COFFEY COUNTY, Kan. – The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing man from Leroy, Kan. The whereabouts of 70-year-old Rickie Allen Sluder are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate him. Sluder is a white male, 6 ft. 2 in. tall, weighing 300 lbs. He has dark hair with some grey, and brown eyes. He is a severe diabetic and does not have his medication.

Sluder was last believed to be at his residence in rural Leroy on the morning of Wednesday, June 28, 2021. He is likely driving a tan 2002 Mercury Sable with Kansas disabled tag A8569. His direction of travel is unknown.

Anyone who sees Sluder or has information about his whereabouts, is asked to immediately call 911 or the Coffey County Sheriff’s Office at 620-364-2123.