Crime & Safety

SILVER ALERT: CHP Seeks Help Finding Missing San Mateo Co. Man, 87

The man hasn't been seen since Thursday morning, officials say.

By Bay City News Service:

The California Highway Patrol has activated a Silver Alert in an effort to locate an 87-year-old San Mateo County man last seen Thursday morning in Dunsmuir, officials said.

Paul Merrill was last seen around 10 a.m. driving a silver 1956 Mercedes with the license plate number EZX295 and a Stanford license plate frame.

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He is described as an older white man about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 165 pounds.

He was wearing a green jacket, a brown plaid shirt, khaki pants, tan boat shoes, and possibly a blue sailor’s hat, CHP officials said.

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Anyone who sees Merrill has been asked to call Belmont police at (650) 595-7400.

Click here to see a photo of the man via KRON4.com.





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