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Fredrick Workman was living at a youth facility in Des Moines and his mother, Anna Shields, said her family believes he walked out when he was left alone outside on August 2. Shields said Workman's probation officer told the teen he needed to complete his program before he would be able to come home and that may be what trigged Workman to take off...
"It's stressful," she said. "He's a quiet type. My main reason why I'm trying to find him, to locate him, is because he needs medications. He's ADHD/ODD and I just want to get him back on his meds and make sure he's safe."
Shields said family members searched parks in the Des Moines and West Des Moines area for about ten hours on Sunday and nine family members, including Freddy's stepdad, father, stepmom, aunt and cousin continued searching Tuesday, but with no luck.
Shields told us she has been in contact with the West Des Moines Police Department, who told her they do not have the resources to help with the search.
"I want everyone to know that Des Moines cops won't help," Shields said.
Saw his mom post to a missing persons Facebook group today and noticed this never got much attention. Here is a little more info:
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‪#‎Missing‬ - Fredrick Workman, age 17 (DOB: 5/4/1998), of ‪#‎FAIRFIELD‬, ‪#‎IOWA‬, was living at a youth facility in ‪#‎DESMOINES‬, ‪#‎IA‬ when he disappeared on August 2nd, 2013. Workman's probation officer told the teen he needed to complete his program before he would be able to come home and that may be what trigged Workman to take off. His family has not seen or heard from him since. He might be in the ‪#‎NEWTON‬ area. He's about 5'7" tall, 145 lbs., has short blonde hair and blue eyes. He also has a small scar on the bottom of his chin. He may use the last name Shields. He is ‪#‎ADHD‬/ ‪#‎ODD‬ and requires medication.
Anyone with any information on his location, please contact the Des Moines Police at (515) 283-4811 or 911.
His mom (AS) has recovered custody of him according to her Facebook page, but no other updates.
Picture of map where he was last seen:
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Saw his mom post to a missing persons Facebook group today and noticed this never got much attention. Here is a little more info:
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‪#‎Missing‬ - Fredrick Workman, age 17 (DOB: 5/4/1998), of ‪#‎FAIRFIELD‬, ‪#‎IOWA‬, was living at a youth facility in ‪#‎DESMOINES‬, ‪#‎IA‬ when he disappeared on August 2nd, 2013. Workman's probation officer told the teen he needed to complete his program before he would be able to come home and that may be what trigged Workman to take off. His family has not seen or heard from him since. He might be in the ‪#‎NEWTON‬ area. He's about 5'7" tall, 145 lbs., has short blonde hair and blue eyes. He also has a small scar on the bottom of his chin. He may use the last name Shields. He is ‪#‎ADHD‬/ ‪#‎ODD‬ and requires medication.
Anyone with any information on his location, please contact the Des Moines Police at (515) 283-4811 or 911.
His mom (AS) has recovered custody of him according to her Facebook page, but no other updates.
Picture of map where he was last seen:
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Seems by now Freddy would be 18, I can't seem to find many details on this. Did he take off alone? Who claims to be the last one to see him? Could foul play have happened and there was a cover up? I read somewhere, the family was continually calling the PD for info, and were told to stop calling, or harassment charges would be filed. How can a 15yr old, disappear, and no one follow up? Why is that facility he was at, not held responsible? I'm at a loss.
SO many people go missing from these youth facilitiesHere is Fredrick's profile on the government missing person's database, NamUs:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.www.namus.gov
It says,
Fred was last seen in Des Moines, IA on 08/02/2013. He was living at a youth facility in Des Moines at the time. The facility reported his disappearance to law enforcement that same day. Neither his family nor friends have seen or heard from him since. It is possible he may have gone to the Newton, IA area.
My heart goes out to his family. I hope he's safe and will contact a relative.
My friend’s nieces r in a group home and they love it I’m just saying I hear all kinds of stories about them homes and how bad they r but they don’t wanna go back 2 there mom so also we have a home around here in Philadelphia pa that a lot of girls have ran away I do agree that there may b a few good homes out there but a lot of them r not also I do know alot of the kids r bad 2 the point they run away and so just don’t wanna b there I hope this boy is found and I also hope alot of other kids and or adults r found safeSO many people go missing from these youth facilitieswe lost a 17 year old at knife point at a facility I worked at luckily they found him a few weeks later but its so common for them to awol and staff to lose track unfortunately