Spartanburg County deputies are asking the public for help finding Tyrone Holbert, a missing and vulnerable man last seen near Beech Street in Spartanburg. He was last seen there on Tuesday night, wearing a pink shirt and black pants, and investigators say he may have traveled into neighboring Greenville County.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office issued the appeal for assistance, according to WSPA 7News. Deputies have instructed anyone who spots Holbert to call 911 immediately rather than approach him. Anyone with information can also reach Investigator Hammett directly by email at [email protected].
Why Deputies Flagged Him as Vulnerable
South Carolina law defines a vulnerable adult as anyone 18 or older whose physical or mental condition substantially impairs their ability to care for or protect themselves, a standard set under the state's Omnibus Adult Protection Act. The statute applies to adults living independently in private homes just as it does to those in long-term care facilities.
One of those tools is South Carolina's Endangered Person Notification System, authorized under South Carolina Code § 23-3-330. The system can allow law enforcement to issue advisories through highway signs, wireless emergency alerts and media when an adult is believed to have a cognitive or mental impairment.
Possible Search Area
Deputies say Holbert may have traveled into neighboring Greenville County.
This is not the first time this fall that deputies have made that same westward appeal. Just over a week before Holbert disappeared, the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office issued a similar Spartanburg man missing advisory for resident Terry Jason Galloway, who was also believed to have traveled into Upstate counties to the west, possibly toward Easley or Anderson in a black Dodge Ram.
How the State Tracks Missing Adults
Statewide, the scale of these cases is substantial. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division records presented to state lawmakers show that 3,155 adults were entered as missing across the state during 2025. SLED operates the state's Missing Person Information Center in Columbia, which serves as the central clearinghouse coordinating data among local agencies, broadcasters, and the Department of Transportation when urgent regional alerts go out.
Statewide law enforcement guidelines require local agencies to notify that center immediately once a missing individual is located, so that national database entries and public alerts can be canceled without delay. If a search for a missing adult stretches beyond 30 days, state law also allows family members to submit DNA samples to SLED for inclusion in the federal CODIS database, though that provision applies only to longer-running cases and has no bearing on Holbert's search at this stage.
The Search Continues
For now, Spartanburg County investigators are focused on locating Holbert directly, and they're relying on the public's help to bring him home.
