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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a 24-year-old man who disappeared south of Tijeras on Tuesday.

BCSO spokeswoman Felicia Romero said in a release that Benjamin Smith hasn’t been seen since leaving for a walk to a park from a Journal reporter’s home near N.M. 337 and Raven Road.

Deputies believe Smith may be endangered because he left behind important medication.

“Benjamin is diligent about medications he takes for a variety of diagnoses,” Romero said.

Smith is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds, has shoulder length dark blonde hair and has greenish-blue eyes.

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Friends say he was last seen wearing an off-white T-shirt, khaki shorts and black Champion running shoes.

Joline Gutierrez Krueger, a Journal columnist who owns the house where Smith was staying, said a roadblock was put up in the area Thursday while sheriff’s deputies and volunteers searched for him.

Volunteers met at Mars Court around 1 p.m. to help with a search and rescue operation into David Canyon and the Cibola National Forest.

Romero asked anyone with information to call 911 or 505-288-0009, or to send a text to that number.