KY KY- Richard Lea, 62, dementia, Carter County, 4 September 2018 *Non-Verbal*

[doodles1211]

"A husband and father with dementia has been missing for 24 hours in Carter County, Kentucky. Rescuers have no solid leads where Richard Lea could be. He was last spotted at the marina at Grayson Lake.
With the hot temperatures Tuesday, it's a very dangerous situation.

Both helicopters and search dogs were called in to search for Lea.

He’s 62 years old. Making things more complicated, he has dementia and is nonverbal.

His family spent Tuesday waiting near the incident command center set up at the marina parking lot. They declined to speak with us.

But Carter County EMA Director Jeremy Rodgers said they were waiting and hoping.

They were unloading their boat Monday evening after a long weekend at Grayson Lake when they said Lea wandered off in the crowd around 6 p.m. By the time they realized what happened, he was nowhere to be found.

"It's unfortunately not surprising,” Rodgers said. “It happens very easily and could happen to any of our families."

Six rescue dogs worked till 2:30 a.m. with no firm leads. Five new ones began their search at 8 a.m. But they sniffed nothing definitive....

Lea was last seen wearing blue cotton shorts, a tan T-shirt and a camouflage hat."

UPDATE: Husband, father with dementia still missing

 

[HayLouise]

LEX 18 News‏Verified account @LEX18News
Authorities have no solid leads on the whereabouts of 62-year-old Richard Lea, who has been missing for more than 24 hours. He was last spotted at the marina on Grayson Lake.

LEX 18 News on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Dan Klein‏Verified account @WSAZDan
Search resumes for missing man near Grayson Lake. Richard Lea, 62, has dementia and is nonverbal. Last seen near boat ramp around 630 pm Monday. 5 rescue dogs in area now + helicopter. #WSAZ

Dan Klein on Twitter

*Photos at link

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Reading this made me groan a little inside. I hope someone finds him. Quickly.

 

[doodles1211]

"According to the Carter County Sheriff’s Office, the search effort for missing 62-year-old Richard Lea has been scaled back, after exhausting all possible resources.

According to a post on their Facebook page, the Sheriff’s Office used all resources possible, including: search dogs, dive teams, helicopters, sonar, ground pounders, and ATVs."

Search effort scaled back for missing Carter County man - ABC 36 News

 

[doodles1211]

Still missing...

Family makes public plea during final search for missing man

 

[doodles1211]

TES to do a search tomorrow...

MISSING: Richard Lea, 62 Yrs., Grayson, KY (09/03/18)

 

[iulia]

UPDATE: Family holding out hope one month after father with dementia went missing

"There's always that hope. Since they've not been able to find anything of his, then that hope is still there that somebody has picked him up, or he is in a hospital and we don't know about it."

While the family holds out hope, they know the odds are against them. But because nothing has been found, it helps keep their spirits up that they will have a happy ending.

NamUs page Missing Person Case

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Still missing

Family desperate for answers four months after Richard Lea disappeared from Kentucky

 

[JerseyGirl]

Richard Lea, 62, was enjoying a weekend away with family at Grayson Lake, in Grayson, Kentucky, a place they had been going to for years, when he disappeared.

On September 3, 2018, Richard was walking to the boat with family members when he spotted his wife, Leslie, nearby, and walked over to her. He had been diagnosed with dementia in 2015, but when their son, Jacob, saw his father was safe, he continued to the boat. Richard and Leslie took the children to the playground and Richard began walking circles around it. The circles became bigger and Richard was soon out of sight. Richard, who had been nonverbal for the past year, did not have a cell phone, ID, or credit card on him at the time.

State and local agencies arrived that evening to help search for Richard but he was never found. Richard is described as being 5’6” tall and weighing 140 lbs. He was last seen wearing a tan shirt, blue cotton shorts, gray shoes and a camouflage hat with a “P” on it.

Six years of Dateline's Missing in America: 134 still missing

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Richard Lea, 62, was enjoying a weekend away with family at Grayson Lake, in Grayson, Kentucky, a place they had been going to for years, when he disappeared.

On September 3, 2018, Richard was walking to the boat with family members when he spotted his wife, Leslie, nearby, and walked over to her. He had been diagnosed with dementia in 2015, but when their son, Jacob, saw his father was safe, he continued to the boat. Richard and Leslie took the children to the playground and Richard began walking circles around it. The circles became bigger and Richard was soon out of sight. Richard, who had been nonverbal for the past year, did not have a cell phone, ID, or credit card on him at the time.

State and local agencies arrived that evening to help search for Richard but he was never found. Richard is described as being 5’6” tall and weighing 140 lbs. He was last seen wearing a tan shirt, blue cotton shorts, gray shoes and a camouflage hat with a “P” on it.

Six years of Dateline's Missing in America: 134 still missing

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Reading this takes my breath away.
I don’t know what else to say.

 

[RBC69]

I feel terrible for that family. Even though they probably know intellectually and rationally what must have happened, it's still got to be a sickening feeling not finding him.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Another year passes...

Eight years of Dateline's Missing in America: 169 still missing