( KTRS ) Ferguson police and authorities across the area are searching for a missing autistic woman.

23 yr old Kourtney Maree Edwards, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was last seen walking away from her home on Tuesday afternoon around 1:30.

Her house is located on North Harvey Ave and she was supposed to show up for work but never arrived.

Edwards is described as a black female, 5’9″, 240 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, she also has a tattoo of a palm tree on one of her feet and another tattoo on her right leg. Kourtney was last seen wearing a black stocking cap, white hooded sweatshirt and black pants and carrying a Mizzou backpack.

Anyone who thinks they may have seen her should call 911 or Ferguson police at 314-522-3100.