Spokane police looking for missing 33-year-old man

Spokane police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 33-year-old man.

Police said in a news release that Paxson Matthews arrived in Spokane on or about Friday and was last seen in the area of 700 N. Division St., which is near the Ruby River Hotel on the north bank of the Spokane River.

Paxson is legally blind and deaf, has difficulty speaking and significant mobility issues.

He is 5-foot-10, weighs about 125 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes, police said.

Matthews has a large zig-zag shaped scar from ear to ear. He has a full beard, unlike the depicted photos, and tends to wear ball/stocking caps. Paxson also carries a brown fanny pack and is likely wearing black dress shoes.

He is known to frequent the South Hill and the Gonzaga University area.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Check at (509) 456-2233 and reference incident No. 2025-20190034.