Police and relatives are searching for 20-year-old Vladislav, a young man with autism who disappeared in Sandanski and has now been missing for more than a day.
His family, Bessarabian Bulgarians who recently relocated to Bulgaria and settled in the southwestern town, reported him missing after he failed to return home.
According to his mother, Vladislav was last seen at about 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the Shkembezhinitsa area of Sandanski.
She believes he may have been persuaded to get into a taxi and driven to an unknown location.
Initially, his mobile phone was switched on, but no one was able to reach him later that evening. His mother believes the battery may have run out. Another local media report, however, stated that the young man did not have a phone, leaving relatives unable to establish contact.
