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Local Elderly Man Found
Mesa County, Colo. -- Billie O'Rear, 80, has been located and is safe. Deputies were notified at 2:30 p.m., by Utah Highway Patrol who received a call from a citizen who saw Billie's vehicle parked on the side of Interstate 70, for multiple hours. The Utah Highway Patrol made contact with Billie, who advised his car ran out of gas.
Deputies from our agency took gas to Billie and stayed with him at mile marker 229, just inside the Utah border, until Billie's family arrived.
Our sincere thank you to everyone in our community who shared this information and assisted in any way in trying to locate Billie.
Previously Released at 10:15 a.m.-- Yesterday, about 5:30 p.m., local resident Billie O'Rear, 80, left his residence in the Redlands enroute to the Rimrock Wal-Mart. He was expected to return home after a short shopping trip.
Deputies from our agency took gas to Billie and stayed with him at mile marker 229, just inside the Utah border, until Billie's family arrived.
Our sincere thank you to everyone in our community who shared this information and assisted in any way in trying to locate Billie.
Previously Released at 10:15 a.m.-- Yesterday, about 5:30 p.m., local resident Billie O'Rear, 80, left his residence in the Redlands enroute to the Rimrock Wal-Mart. He was expected to return home after a short shopping trip.
Billie O'Rear, wearing his usual apparel |
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Billie O'Rear |
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