Missing person

The elder Taynor, who lives in Las Vegas, said relatives had not been initially contacted and told Jordan Taynor was hospitalized.

The reason isn’t clear. His son apparently had no identification during the incident, according to Dave Taynor. But police had noted that he was wearing a hospital wristband from an earlier hospitalization, and Metro says its initial report included Jordan Taynor’s name.

Dave Taynor said he became worried when he hadn’t heard from his son after four days because they typically talked by phone two or three times per day. Dave Taynor said he called St. Louis police to report his son missing but was told he should wait at least a week before filing a report. He also asked a relative to file a missing person report in Illinois.

Ultimately, Dave Taynor said, a friend of his ex-wife, who used to work at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, got word to her that her son was at the hospital.

“I don’t know if there was even a police report made (at the time),” Dave Taynor said.