Kasey Alert: Zachary Glisson

A Kasey Alert is active for a 38-year-old man that authorities say was last seen walking near the Winstar Casino in Thackerville on Thursday.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Zachary Glisson was seen walking around 11:30 a.m. near the casino in Love County.

Authorities say Glisson is believed to be suicidal. He's approximately

Glisson is 5'10 and weighs around 160 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Any person with information related to this Kasey Alert should call 911.

What is a Kasey Alert?

People are eligible for a Kasey Alert if they are between 18 and 59 years old, and law enforcement has determined this person is critically missing.

Critically missing means there is a reason to believe they could be in danger, either abducted or held against their will.

The law was named in honor of Kasey Russell, who went missing in 2016 from Tahlequah and was later found dead.

The Cherokee Marshal Service says alerts are crucial in the early stages of missing person cases.

“The first 48 hours is going to be the most valuable time that we have to find somebody; it creates a smaller area that we can search,” said Bronson McNeil, the lead investigator from the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service on the Trey Glass case.

Russell was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Different Types of Alerts

Digging a little deeper into emergency alerts we get on our phones, a Kasey Alert is the newest alert you may receive.

All are sent out by OHP on behalf of local police or sheriff’s departments.

There’s an Endangered Missing Persons Alert, an AMBER Alert, a Silver Alert, and a Blue Alert.

Information from these alerts also goes out here on News On 6, and in some cases, you will see them on ODOT traffic signs.

You can see the full breakdown of the criteria of each alert on our website here.

Statement from Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr on Kasey Alert Success:

“The Kasey Alert system is already proving effective in safeguarding lives in Oklahoma. Cherokee Nation supported this endeavor named after one of our citizens- Kasey Russell, who went missing in 2016. In just a few months the new state law, which was authored by Cherokee citizens Rep. Ken Luttrell and Senator Cody Rogers, has become a beacon of hope for Native families in distress, including the family of missing Cherokee citizen Trey Glass. The success of this alert system reflects the importance of advocating for Native focused legislative initiatives, but also emphasizes the needed collaboration between communities, and policing bodies for state and tribal governments to ensure the swift and safe recovery of missing individuals.”