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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:22 AM

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Great Smoky Mountain National Park Officials Looking For Missing Blount County Teen

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Officials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said park rangers are searching for a Blount County teen who was believed to be lost in the southwest area of the park.

Austin Bohanan, 18, was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 13. Rangers began searching for Bohanan on the ground Monday Morning, with 13 members of the Park Search and Rescue Team.

The search is reportedly focused in the southwest area of the park near Highway 129.

Park officials said no other information was available as of Monday evening.