Friends organize search via social media after man posts goodbye, goes missing

Friends and strangers alike are calling on anyone out there to help find Todd Tweedy after the St. Paul man posted this message on Facebook: "One illness I've never been able to defeat is my own depression. I have to say goodbye now." He drives a red Volkswagen Passat, Minnesota plate 545 BLM.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Jan 4, 2012

Friends and strangers alike are calling on anyone out there to help find Todd Tweedy after the St. Paul man posted this message on Facebook: "One illness I've never been able to defeat is my own depression. I have to say goodbye now." He drives a red Volkswagen Passat, Minnesota plate 545 BLM.

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Todd Tweedy of St. Paul was found in Baldwin and is reportedly at Regions Hospital. Friends and strangers launched a search for Tweedy via social media after he posted a message about his battle with depression and a goodbye note on his Facebook page.

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