Crime & Safety
Thurston County Man, 79, Missing With Medical Condition (Update)
UPDATE: Police located the man's truck washed up in the Tumwater Valley.
LAKEWOOD, WA - A 79-year-old Lacey man who went missing on Friday was found dead on Sunday morning in his vehicle, the Thurston County Sheriff said.
Donald Herbert, 79, left home to run errands on Friday around 3 p.m., but was never heard from again. He had a medical condition that required treatment twice per day. Herbert was driving a silver 2016 Toyota Rav 4. Police had thought that Herbert might've traveled to California to visit a relative.
Police said that Herbert's Rav 4 was found submerged in a retention pond near the Tumwater Valley Golf Course. He was found around 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Missing Person Donald Herbert located. His vehicle was found washed up in the Tumwater Valley area. He is decease. Family notified.
— Thurston Co. Sheriff (@ThurstonSheriff) February 12, 2017
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— Thurston Co. Sheriff (@ThurstonSheriff) February 11, 2017
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