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25-year-old man reported missing from Austin

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Marcus Mynatt | Chicago Police

Police are searching for a 25-year-old man who left his home in West Side Austin neighborhood on his bicycle five days ago and has not returned.

Marcus Mynatt left his home in the 4900 block of West Arthington about 4 a.m. Saturday, according to a missing person alert from Chicago Police.

Mynatt is described as a 5-foot-8, 156-pound black man with black hair, brown eyes and dark complexion, police said He is mentally challenged and forgets things easily.

He left on a royal blue, 10-speed mountain bike and was last seen wearing a red and white hat with a Chicago Bulls logo, a blue-and-white-striped short-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots.

Anyone with information should call the Area North Special Victims Unit at (312) 744-8261.

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