Family Seeks Help Finding Missing Middletown Teen

The search for a missing Middletown teenager is intensifying with the family putting out a call for help in finding the boy, who has a form of autism known as Asperger's Syndrome.  

Family and friends of Nathan Carman, 17, are meeting on the New Haven Green at 10 a.m. on Sunday to conduct a search of the area; anyone interested in assisting the family is encouraged to show up. For more information call 860-965-6672.

Nathan was last seen Thursday near Temple Street in New Haven at about 2 p.m., shortly after exiting a bus he is believed to have boarded in Middletown.    

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Middletown Police Department at 860-347-2541.Nathan went missing early Thursday after leaving on his bike to go fishing in Westbrook. 

He was seen on video at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Middletown Area Transit bus station camera boarding a bus headed toward New Haven, according to police.

Earlier story:

Middletown Police are searching for a Middletown teen with Asperger's who left home early Thursday to go fishing in Westbrook.

Nathan Carman, 17, left Middletown at 7 a.m. on his black mountain bike to travel 30 miles and hasn't been seen since. 

State Police Troopers are searching local fishing holes now, according to police.

Asburgers Syndrome is a form of autism. Police say it may make Nathan seem rude but not violent. Those who may comes across Nathan are asked to calmly talk with him but don’t touch him because that will cause him to shut down.

He will use passive resistance and will most likely go limp. Nathan is a white male, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 150 pounds, with short light brown hair, brown eyes and no facial hair.

He has a scar on his left elbow and his right big toenail was ripped off recently. Nathan was wearing khaki pants, a long-sleeve button-down shirt (unknown color), carrying a black backpack with fishing pole sticking out of it, and wearing a silver bike helmet.

The black mountain bike had a rack on the back with saddle bags.Contact police at 860-347-2541 with any information.