A coordinated search for a West Bath man missing since Sunday was expected to resume this morning.
Edward “Ted” Berrett, 70, was last seen Friday at 7 p.m. near his home on Beaver Brook Road. Because he lives alone, he was not reported missing until midday Sunday, when family discovered he was not home and called police.
Berrett is 6-feet, 1- inch tall, 220 pounds, and has blue eyes and blond/white hair. He was last known to be wearing khaki pants. It is possible that Berrett was not wearing a shirt or jacket, according to the Maine Warden Service, which is coordinating the search.
On Monday, Cpl. John MacDonald said searchers found articles of clothing that likely belong to Berrett on Hill Road, off Beaver Brook Road.
The warden service also has learned Berrett has ties to the ocean and clam digging. His home was close to some ocean inlets and coves, so searchers also have to consider the possibility he did go to the water.
The search has concentrated within a couple of square miles of his house since the last time he was seen he was walking. The area is wooded, but residential.
“We’ve been scouring road edges with teams, canines and things like that so we feel relatively certain that at least the places where we’ve looked we didn’t overlook him,” MacDonald said.
On Monday, the search involved 20 game wardens, four game warden K- 9 teams, marine patrol officers and watercraft, Sagadahoc Count y Sheriff ’s Office, five search-and-rescue dog teams, 30 Maine Association of Search and Rescue volunteers and West Bath firefighters, and included the use of a Maine Warden Service aircraft and one drone aircraft from York County EMA.
Leaves have fallen off the trees, which has improved visibility, MacDonald said early Monday afternoon.
“We’re hopeful we can find him, we’ll just have to see what today brings,” he said.
The search command post will remain at the West Bath Fire Department.
Anyone with information that may help locate Berrett is asked to call the Gray Regional Communication Center at (207) 657-3030 or Sagadahoc County police dispatch at (207) 443-9711.
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