03/07/2024
PSA - If you have a loved one that goes missing, especially on foot, Please, Please, do NOT wait to call 911. Call them immediately. Waiting 6 hours gives them a long time to get outside of the initial search area and can make or break the search efforts.
Easttex Regional CERT has been involved in a 3 day effort for an elderly man with dimentia who walked off and had a 6 hour head start. So far, all we can determine is that he left the large property. Game wardens used sonar on stock ponds on the property and CERT, K9 teams, and the Hunt County Sheriff's cleared the rest of the property. He's been on the move without water, or proper clothing, and we have bad weather coming. Without some sort of tip, it will be difficult to locate him in the wide area he could be in.
Please dont let this story be about one of your loved ones or one of your friends'. At the first sign that someone is missing, call 911 so searchers can get boots on the ground before its too late.