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MISSING PERSON ALERT: Police ask for help locating 31-year-old Clarksville man

The Clarksville Police Department is asking for help locating a missing person, 31-year-old Brent Copeland, July 18, 2024. Photo: Contributed/CPD contributed


CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance locating a 31-year-old man, Brent Copeland.

His family last spoke to him on July 8 and paid for a bus ticket to get him to Knox County, Tennessee. According to CPD spokesperson Scott Beaubien, Copeland boarded a Greyhound bus in Clarksville on July 9 at approximately 9 p.m. to Nashville, but he did not board the connecting bus.

Copeland is approximately 5-foot-9 tall, and weighs about 196 pounds, with red hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a white and black shirt, blue jeans, and a backpack.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts or additional video footage is asked to call 911 so officers can check on his welfare or contact Detective Alquzweeni at 931-648-0656, ext. 5366.

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