BOWDOIN
Authorities located an elderly man this morning who had gone missing from his John Tarr Road home around noon Monday.
Wardens remained on site all night but local search crews suspended the search at 1:30 a.m. today and returned to help search at 7 a.m.
According to the Sagadahoc County Communications Center, Guy Kittle, 83, went for a walk at around noon Monday and didn’t return to his home on John Tarr Road, where he lives with his wife. The family noticed he was gone at around 4 p.m. and the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department was notified at 6:49 p.m.
Kittle was checked over by emergency personnel and brought back to his home by the Maine Warden Service who was in charge of the search.
Authorities say Kittle suffers from Alzheimer’s and often takes walks. It was uncharacteristic however for him not to come back. His age and medical condition were factors working against emergency personnel searching for him, also making it especially important officials find him as soon as possible.
The Warden Service deployed two tracking dogs and a third from Lisbon Police Department that were unable to pick up a scent. With night approaching quickly, the Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Agency director Eric Sawyer utilized the Code Red reverse 911 system to alert people in Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond and ask them to be on the lookout for Kittle. Communication technicians also posted the information on its Facebook page and alerted media.
According to Chief Deputy Brett Strout iwth the Sagadahoc County Sherrif’s Department, Robbins had been in a local store this morning where someone told him about the missing man and showed him a picture of Kittle before he headed to the work cite.
Sagadahoc Sheriff’s Deputies were on scene with the Warden Service searching for Kittle and the Bowdoin Fire Chief was called shortly before 9 p.m. Monday. After the tracking dogs were exhausted, local firefighters and the sheriff’s department responded with all-terrain vehicles and searched for more than an hour in the surrounding area. A Litchfield team was equipped with night vision and the ATV search checked Adams Road, Huffs Mill Road and trails ATV trail on Adams Road with no luck.
Wardens remained in the area all night and were out with dogs early this morning. Many of the same volunteers returned to search at 7 a.m. and didn’t have long to wait before hearing the good new that Kittle was found safe.
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