Crime Law

Mattie’s Call issued for man who disappeared after taking rideshare, police say

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County Police Department officials issued a Mattie’s Call, an emergency alert for disabled adults in Georgia, Wednesday for a man who disappeared two weeks ago.

Officials said deputies responded to a missing person call at a home on Double Bridge Road in Ellenwood. Witnesses told deputies that 39-year-old Benjamin Ivey was last seen on Nov. 4 at 10:30 a.m. getting into a rideshare service that was going to the Atlanta area.

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Ivey is described as having red hair and blue eyes, weighing 210 pounds, and as six feet, one inch tall. Deputies added that he was last seen wearing a tie-dye shirt, red shorts, multicolored shoes and black-rimmed glasses.

Anyone with information regarding Ivey’s whereabouts is asked to call the Clayton County Police Department at 770-477-3550 or call 911.

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