LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Troopers need your help finding a man who has been missing since early this week from Logan County.

West Virginia State Police Trooper G.R. Spencer said Austin Gilman, 31, was reported missing on Monday night.

Spencer said Gilman left a letter, advising that he may have gone into the woods. Despite searches throughout the week, including with the use of a helicopter on Thursday, there have been no sightings.

Investigators said they will bring out a K-9 on Friday.

Spencer described Gilman as slender. He weighs about 130 pounds and is about 5 feet 8. He wears glasses.

Troopers said Gilman has brown hair, but he recently shaved it off.

Details about what Gilman was wearing were unavailable. Troopers said a gray leather backpack was missing from his room, so

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