Barry DeBord

A Grundy County man suffering from schizophrenia has been missing since Nov. 4, his family says.

Barbara and Ben DeBord received a call in early November telling them that their 49-year-old son, Barry, was picked up by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department after he'd been sitting in his car all day. The police took him to Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., where doctors said there was nothing wrong with him, according to his mom.

"Why did they let him go?" 76-year-old Barbara DeBord asked. "He'd been sitting his car all day."

On Nov. 5, the police towed his car in Charlotte. Two days later, his parents filed a missing-person report.

His father picked up the car and brought it home to Grundy County.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department could not be reached by telephone Saturday.

Family members say Barry DeBord missed his Thursday appointment with his doctor.

His cousin, Misty Thurman, said he always wears gloves and always carries a briefcase with him. He has no cell phone and no credit card.

Normally, he lives alone. But he's never gone missing like this, his parents say.

His parents ask that anyone who has information about Barry DeBord's whereabouts call them at 423-881-3969.