The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office search-and-rescue team
this morning found an 89-year-old county resident with late-stage
Alzheimer’s disease after he had gone missing around midnight
Monday.
HOLLISTER
The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office search-and-rescue team this morning found an 89-year-old county resident with late-stage Alzheimer’s disease after he had gone missing around midnight Monday.
Lt. Roy Iler said thanks to a good response by the search-and-rescue team of about six or seven, the man was found.
“Between the patrol (officers) and the search and rescue, they worked well together.”
A call went out to deputies on patrol about the man who “wandered off” and was last seen on McMahon Road, not far from Spring Grove School. He was last seen with his adult son, whom Iler said was his caregiver.
Deputies circulated the area but didn’t find the man. Due to the late stage of the disease, officials called out the search-and-rescue team “to get a better search going.” The search-and-rescue team got to the area between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Around 7:15 a.m., the man was found “a few parcels away” at a neighbor’s house, sleeping in the yard of a neighbor’s residence in the bushes. He was medically cleared for any injuries and is reported to be at home.
