85-year-old vanishes on fishing trip in North Carolina. Missing Endangered Alert issued
An 85-year-old man vanished on a North Carolina fishing trip — and now, a Missing Endangered Alert has been issued.
People are urged to be on the lookout for Orrin Jefferson Brown, who may be experiencing “cognitive impairment,” the N.C. Department of Public Safety said in the alert posted early Friday, Feb. 23.
A Silver Alert also was issued for Brown, who was last seen at about 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 22, after he left his home in Hendersonville, a mountain town roughly 25 miles south of Asheville. He got into his car to go trout fishing on a river in the nearby Brevard area, according to state officials and the Hendersonville Police Department.
But as of about 4 a.m. on Feb. 23, Brown hadn’t returned home from the fishing trip, prompting the plea for help with finding him.
Brown is described as a 6-foot, 4-inch white man with short white hair and brown eyes. He was last known to be wearing a “jean jacket, vest, white undershirt, and jean pants,” officers wrote in a Facebook post.
At the time of his disappearance, Brown was driving a white Nissan Altima with license plate number KCJ-4421. He was last seen traveling south on “Ridge Road at Oleta Road,” police told McClatchy News in an email.
Anyone with details about Brown is asked to call officers at 828-697-3025.
A Missing Endangered Alert is issued when a missing person “is believed to be suffering from cognitive impairment, that requires them to be protected from potential abuse or other physical harm, neglect, or exploitation.” A Silver Alert is a similar notice for people who may have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
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