Elijah Hoard: Missing 23-year-old found safe after disappearance at O’Hare Airport

Elijah Hoard: Missing 23-year-old found safe after disappearance at O’Hare Airport

A 23-year-old man reported missing after he was last seen at O’Hare International Airport has been found safe, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO - A 23-year-old man reported missing after he was last seen at O’Hare International Airport has been found safe, Chicago police said.

Elijah Joseph Hoard was located Tuesday and reunited with his family, police said.

The backstory:

Elijah was last seen Feb. 27 at the airport, according to police.

Family members said Elijah went through security and was waiting at his departure gate. Surveillance footage shows him leaving Terminal 5 and heading toward another terminal.

His sister, Anaia Hoard, said Elijah was visiting family in Chicago and was scheduled to return home to France when he disappeared.

Missing 23-year-old man last seen at O'Hare International Airport

Chicago police are searching for a 23-year-old man who was last seen Friday at O’Hare International Airport.

Elijah is described as 6 feet 3 inches tall, with brown eyes and black hair. He was wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and cream-colored shoes at the time of his disappearance, police said.

Anaia said her brother suffers from schizophrenia and cannot go without his medication.

"If he doesn't take his medication, I fear he may get too low and that might be a scary place for him to be. We're trying to stay calm and levelheaded. We are waiting to hear from police before jumping to any conclusions," Anaia said.

Further details on the case haven't been released.