The Antioch Police Department is asking for the community to be on the look out for George Pack, a 91 year old male who is missing out of Antioch.
Mr. Pack is described as a white male, 5’10” tall and weighing 180 lbs (see attached picture). Mr.Pack was last seen yesterday at 10:30 pm wearing a green short sleeve polo shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. He is possibly driving his red 1994 Nissan Pathfinder (CA license 3HLV677). The vehicle has a 49er spare tire cover on the back.
County surveillance cameras recorded the vehicle on Marsh Creek Road near Diablo Parkway in Clayton early this morning. Mr. Pack and his vehicle have yet to be located. Mr. Pack suffers from dementia. A silver alert via CHP has been issued.
If you see Mr. Pack please immediately call 911 or APD Dispatch 925-778-2441
Update:
Antioch Police say Mr. Pack is still missing as of Monday afternoon.
UPDATE #2:
Antioch Police said Tuesday morning that Mr. Pack was located alive by the San Francisco Police Department in the SOMA District in San Francisco. He was taken to a local hospital for observation as a precautionary measure and is in stable condition at this time.
His vehicle, a red 1994 Nissan Pathfinder (license plate: 3HLV677) is still missing. If anyone locates Mr. Pack’s vehicle, they are encouraged to call local law enforcement.
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Why is someone with DEMENTIA driving? He’s endangering not only himself but the public a large! Who is taking care of this guy?
My thought exactly, what could possibly inspire his family to allow him to drive a motor vehicle?
For you to post on a public domain of your ignorant assumptions of what you have no clue about while our family is in a state of emotional distress is not only reckless but ignorant. Family members did not allow George to drive on his own free will. So have some respect because right now your negative assumptions and comment is helping no one
Exactly what did you do to stop him from getting out and driving? You can’t just ‘not allow’ someone with dementia to not drive! You can’t reason with them at a certain point! How did he get the keys? Why weren’t they hidden where he couldn’t get to them? We had a similar problem with a great-uncle and caught him as he headed for the vehicles! From that moment on, sliding locks were placed way on top of the doors so he couldn’t reach them. Someone was ALWAYS at home with him to make sure he didn’t fall the crack his head!
Our kids are NOT allowed to drive until this is resolved! We are staying home and having groceries delivered, as needed. No one is going out! Luckily, we can do our jobs via the internet.
If your relative got out and is driving a large vehicle then you were not paying the close attention needed to detain him. Just saying, “you can’t drive anymore” will not do it. He can push-the-pedal-to-the-metal and wipe out a number of vehicles or people in his way and he won’t even be aware that he’s doing that.
There is technology which allows people to track their vehicles and helps locate stolen ones. I wish every driver had such a device installed to prevent problems like this one. We do for each car.
Bob Little. That’s not how one deals with a person dementia. You don’t tell them what you are allowing or not allowing them to do. They don’t understand that. You become proactive and remove the whatever you don’t want them to use from their environment. It’s like dealing with a toddler keeping him from harming himself by going after knives or other dangerous (to him) objects.
The man has dementia..do you really think his family let him drive?? SMFH!! People with dementia go in and out of memory relapse…he might have found the keys while having a moment of clarity and then got in the car and started driving…
Someone suffering from dementia should be under constant supervision with proper locks on door to keep them from getting out. The thought of letting them drive, is a nightmare! His health care provider should have reported this to the DMV and all car keys hidden for his own safety and those of others.
Here we go! Another problem to deal with. I do not feel safe driving now! What if he hits the freeway? With traffic buzzing by them, people with dementia get totally confused. This is a tragedy in progress! I’d stay off the roads until he’s found and, hopefully, safely corralled
Tracy, as not only a family member of George but a law enforcement officer, your blatant disregard for human emotion and out of respect for a family in deep worry leads me to take of our busy day to confront you. Not only you but several other individuals whom think they know all the details involved in this case. Was he suppose to be driving? No. Did family members just allow him to drive on his own free will, no. So please refrain from ignorant assumptions of thinking you know anything. This is someone’s father, grandfather, uncle and loved one. There is much more going on right now then your tiny brain can fathom. I hope that you, nor any of your family members have to endure what our family is having to endure right now. Also be aware for the safety of the victim and family certain details are not released with an ongoing investigation.
Just so glad he is home safe and nothing terrible came out of it. My grandmother lived to 103 and could have piloted the Space Shuttle, no dementia, sometimes it is only related to certain things and other things are perfect (in the brain). Just happy the “outing” is over, get him a big bowl of clam chowder and a big hunk of sourdough and have a San Francisco outing (at home)
Praying they find him safe.
Thankyou Kris! Your positive prayers help! But For those who assume George was allowed to drive freely, your assumptions show your ignorance esp when you have very little information.
So glad they found him!!!
As a family member of George and a law enforcement officer I’d like to thank everyone’s deepest concerns and prayers for the safe recovery of George.
For those whom deem it necessary to assume details about this case for which they have no absolute clue of, read the following:
Should George have been driving-No. did family members allow him to drive at his free will-No. Is there more information involved which lead to this point in time, Yes. Is the public allowed to know the personal matters of the family’s personal occurrences while an open investigation is being investigated, No. is this someone’s father, grandfather, uncle or loved one- YES. Do I wish this to happen to someone else’s father, grandfather, uncle, mother, grandmother etc- Absolutely not!!
Are there victims of dementia that have walked by foot from their own home and gotten lost while family had to contact law enforcement for recovery? YES all the time and I’ve recovered several victims of Dementia who had wandered from their homes myself.
those of you with negative remarks, try and have some respect for our grieving family who are worried beyond belief right now!
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As a family member of George and a law enforcement officer, thankyou to those with positive wishes and prayers.
Those of you whom feel the need to assume family members allowed George to drive on his own free will, please keep your ignorant assumptions to yourself while our family endures this emotional roller coaster. Due to an ongoing investigation, certain details involved are not allowed to be disclosed. So please have some respect and don’t accuse the family of allowing other people to be in harms way. Thankyou
Thankyou for the prayers!
As a family member of George and a law enforcement officer, those whom commented their assumptions based on little facts into this on going investigation thinking the family allowed George to drive freely, keep your ignorant assumptions to yourself. Have some respect for our family during this emotional time of our loved one.
Thankyou for the prayers! As a family member of Georg and a law enforcement officer, those who commented their assumptions based on little facts into this ongoing investigation thinking the family allowed George to drive freely, keep your ignorant assumptions to yourself. Have some respect for our family during this emotional time!
RC FLORES or Richard of how many more names do you post under, then YOU (of all people) should know how to deal with persons with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s when you encounter them in your work!
You should look at this from your “law enforcement” view! You claim to be a relative of this person and that means you are in contact with those who care for him. It’s you how should know that this person cannot be dealt with rationally — that’s just the unfortunate part of this disease.
I don’t blame people from being upset ad angry over this. Obviously, proper care was NOT taken regarding the safety of this individual and that affects all of us who have to hit the road!
Lets face it! The bottom line is that here we have an individual with impaired cognitive functions in a very dangerous situation both to himself as well as others with no one taking responsibility for this happening.
Has this man been found yet? It’s been three days and by that time his vehicle would have run out of gas providing he was driving. Maybe he just found a spot and parked. Either way, this doesn’t look good. You simply cannot tell such people what they can or cannot do.
With more and more people living longer, we see more dementia and Alzheimer cases and their caregivers need to be better trained to care of them. There also comes a time when these people need 24/7 professional care in a facility designated to handle such cases.
I hope this elderly gentleman is found safe. That being said, the comments section of a news site isn’t the place to seek solace. That’s what family, friends and a place of worship are for. Freedom of speech.
As a member of society, see about getting him in a residential care facility.
We don’t know that George was driving the vehicle. Someone might of stolen it at some point.
I hope he didn’t drive over the Bay Bridge! That would have been dangerous for everyone concerned. Lots of crashes on that bridge these days.
Maybe if your prayers actually worked, he wouldn’t have dementia in the first place. Just like God loves giving cancer to little kids right? If god knows your thoughts there’s no point in thoughts and prayers because he knows already. Just sits their idle while we suffer. What a delusional bunch of people.
INDEED!
On another note…the guy has great taste in football 🙂
Dementia has nothing to do with prayers, Gary! It’s a cognitive impairment disease usually hitting older people and usually after age 80. The longer one lives, the more likely they will get dementia and/or Alzheimer’s. Just a fact of life.
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