Family of missing Lincoln man begging for answers

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STARTS NOW. NEW INFORMATION ABOUT TWO PEOPLE IN SEPARATE MISSING PERSONS CASES OUT OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SHERI FALK AND I’M JARVIS ROBERTSON. NOW, THE TALLADEGA COUNTY OR TALLADEGA. POLICE SAY THIS MAN, ANTONIO COLBERT, WAS REPORTED AS MISSING AND ENDANGERED AND LAST SEEN SELLING PUPPIES OVER A WEEK AGO. NOW HE HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME. MEANWHILE, JERRY WILKINS WAS LAST SEEN IN TALLADEGA COUNTY. WVTM 13 S LISA CRANE JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM LINCOLN. LISA. MR. WILKINS FAMILY IS OBVIOUSLY UPSET THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE IS. YEAH. YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN RIGHT AT THREE WEEKS SINCE JERRY WILKINS DAD, STEP MOM AND FOUR SIBLINGS HAVE SEEN HIM. AND THAT WAS HERE IN LINCOLN AT HIS HOME. NOW HIS FAMILY IS HOPING SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WILL BRING HIM HOME. 21 YEAR OLD JERRY WILKINS IS THE OLDEST BROTHER IN A LARGE FAMILY. HIS STEPMOTHER SAYS WHEN SHE SPOKE TO HIM ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY, JANUARY 3RD, HE SEEMED FINE AND WAS PLANNING TO GET A HAIRCUT, BUT HE NEVER MADE IT TO THE BARBERSHOP AND HE HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. WE JUST WANT TO KNOW YOU’RE OKAY. WE DO MISS YOU AND YOU’VE GOT TWO LITTLE ONES THAT LOOK FOR YOU CONSTANTLY, AND THEY NEED YOU JUST LIKE WE DO. WILKINS SAYS JERRY SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION BUT HAS IT UNDER CONTROL. HOWEVER, HE DOES NOT HAVE HIS MEDICATION WITH HIM. HE DRIVES A 2013 WHITE GMC YUKON XL WITH A BLACK FRONT BUMPER AND BLACK FRONT PASSENGER QUARTER PANEL. HE HAS A PERSONALIZED UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LICENSE PLATE P, L Y S A X. IT WAS LAST SPOTTED IN LINCOLN THE DAY HE DISAPPEARED, AND HE HAS NOT USED CREDIT CARDS OR HIS ACCOUNTS SINCE THAT DAY. HIS FAMILY IS PRAYING HE’S OKAY. IT CROSSES YOUR MIND CONSTANTLY. IT REALLY DOES. IT CROSSES YOUR MIND CONSTANTLY THAT THERE IS MALICE AND SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO HIM. I DON’T KNOW. I HAVE WENT THROUGH SO MANY SCENARIOS IN MY MIND. I HAVE NO CLUE. I WANT TO PRAY THAT HE’S STILL OUT THERE. JUST. BUT I DON’T KNOW. I CAN’T MAKE ANY. I CAN’T ASSUME ANYTHING. I WANT MY OLDEST BROTHER BACK. I’M THE MIDDLE CHILD AND I WANT MY OLDEST BROTHER BACK. THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY. NOW, IF YOU SEE JERRY WILKINS OR YOU SEE THAT WHITE YUKON WITH THE PERSONALIZED PLATES, YOU WANT TO CALL THE TALLADEGA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPART

New information on two people in separate missing persons cases out of East Alabama.Talladega police 46-year-old Antonio Colbert was reported missing and endangered. He was last seen selling puppies over a week ago. Now, he has been found dead in his home. Meanwhile, it’s been right at three weeks since Jerry Wilkins’ dad, stepmom and four siblings saw him. He was at his home in Lincoln in Talladega County. Now, his family is hoping someone out there has some answers that will bring him home.The 21-year-old is the oldest brother in a large family. His stepmother, Angela Wilkins, said when she spoke to him on the morning of Friday, Jan. 3, he seemed fine and was planning to get a haircut, but he never made it to the barbershop. She said, “It's very difficult to sleep at night. We just want to know you're okay. We do miss you. Then you've got two little ones that look for you constantly, and they need you just like we do.”Wilkins says Jerry suffers from depression but has it under control. However, he does not have his medication with him. He drives a 2013 GMC Yukon XL with a black front bumper and black front passenger quarter panel. He has a personalized University of Alabama license plate that reads PLYSAX. It was last spotted in Lincoln the day he disappeared, and he has not used his phone, credit cards or his accounts since that day. His family is praying he is ok. His stepmom said, “It crosses your mind constantly. It really does. It crosses your mind constantly that there is malice and something has happened to him. I don't know. I have went through so many scenarios in my mind. I have no clue. I have no clue. I want to pray that he's still out there. But I don't know. I can't make any, I can't assume anything.”His 15-year-old sister, Margaret, said, “I just want my oldest brother back. I want my oldest brother back. I'm the middle child, and I want my oldest brother back. That's all I can say.”If you see Jerry or that white Yukon with the personalized plates, you are asked to call the Talladega County Sheriff's Office.

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The 21-year-old is the oldest brother in a large family. His stepmother, Angela Wilkins, said when she spoke to him on the morning of Friday, Jan. 3, he seemed fine and was planning to get a haircut, but he never made it to the barbershop. She said, “It's very difficult to sleep at night. We just want to know you're okay. We do miss you. Then you've got two little ones that look for you constantly, and they need you just like we do.”

Wilkins says Jerry suffers from depression but has it under control. However, he does not have his medication with him. He drives a 2013 GMC Yukon XL with a black front bumper and black front passenger quarter panel. He has a personalized University of Alabama license plate that reads PLYSAX. It was last spotted in Lincoln the day he disappeared, and he has not used his phone, credit cards or his accounts since that day. His family is praying he is ok. His stepmom said, “It crosses your mind constantly. It really does. It crosses your mind constantly that there is malice and something has happened to him. I don't know. I have went through so many scenarios in my mind. I have no clue. I have no clue. I want to pray that he's still out there. But I don't know. I can't make any, I can't assume anything.”

His 15-year-old sister, Margaret, said, “I just want my oldest brother back. I want my oldest brother back. I'm the middle child, and I want my oldest brother back. That's all I can say.”

If you see Jerry or that white Yukon with the personalized plates, you are asked to call the Talladega County Sheriff's Office.

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