UPDATE:9AM-FOREST RANGERS TOLD US WALTER HAS BEEN FOUND; THE ORIGINAL STORY BELOW: 

STATE FOREST RANGERS NEED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LOCATING A MISSING PERSON.  LIEUTENANT BOB BARSTOW TOLD US THIS MORNING 29-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA WALTER OF OLD CANTON ROAD, DEKALB WAS LAST SEEN SOMETIME LATE TUESDAY MORNING.  HIS CAR, A SMALL RED VEHICLE WAS FOUND WITH THE KEYS IN IT AT A LOCATION OFF COUNTY ROUTE 15 IN RENSSELAER FALLS; THE EXACT LOCATION IS IRISH SETTLEMENT ROAD IN THE TOWN OF DEKALB.  A GAS RECEIPT WAS FOUND IN THE CAR THAT MAY TRACE THE TIME OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE TO BE SOMETIME AFTER 10:30AM.  HE MAY HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE, POSSIBLY TWO BLUE-TICK HOUND DOGS WITH HIM. FOREST RANGERS HAVE ESTABLISHED A COMMAND POST IN RENSSELAER FALLS AND HAVE ENLISTED THE SERVICES OF A STATE HELICOPTER TO HELP LOOK FOR WALTER.  WALTER IS DESCRIBED AS BEING FIVE FEET, SIX INCHES TALL AND ABOUT 140 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE FOREST RANGERS’ COMMAND POST AT 344-8853.