Statewide Purple Alert Issued for Missing Sharon Springs Man

Press Release from the KBI

UPDATE: Dakota is still missing. New information indicates he may be traveling with an unknown person, possibly to Nashville, Tennessee, Oklahoma, or Texas. Please keep sharing.

EARLIER: The Wallace County Sheriff's Office requested the KBI issue a statewide Purple Alert for a missing Sharon Springs man.

The whereabouts of 24-year-old Dakota Lane Langdell are unknown, and the public’s assistance is requested to help locate him.

Langdell was last seen at 228 North Kennedy in Sharon Springs, but may be traveling south toward Stratford, Texas.

Langdell is a white male who is around 5 foot 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans, and possibly a hat. Langdell has autism and may need assistance returning home safely.

If you see Dakota Langdell, please call 911 immediately. If you have other information about his whereabouts, please call the Wallace County Sheriff's Office at 785-852-4288.