Crime & Safety
Silver Alert Issued For Missing Puyallup Man
Sterling Hahn, 83, went to visit his wife at the hospital but did not return.

PUYALLUP, WA - A silver alert has been issued for Sterling Hahn, 83, who is missing from the Puyallup/South Hill area. Hahn is believed to be driving a four-door, 2005 Buick Century with the license plate number AER8180. He left at 4 p.m. Wednesday to visit his wife at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma but has not returned home.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alertsand newsletters from Puyallup, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
*SILVER ALERT* Sterling Hahn, 83, suffers from dementia, missing from Puyallup/South Hill area. Believed to be driving AER8180, beige 4-door 2005 Buick Century. Left home at 4 pm to visit his wife at St. Joe's Hospital in Tacoma, never arrived at hospital & has not returned home. pic.twitter.com/ZLIKDiX957
— Pierce Co Sheriff (@PierceSheriff) December 21, 2017
WSDOT ALERT: The Washington State Patrol has activated the SILVER Alert notification system. 83-year-old Sterling Hahn suffers from dementia and is believed to be driving a beige 4-door 2005 Buick Century, license plate number AER8180. If you see, call 911.
— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) December 21, 2017
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