Family pleads for help to find man missing in Person County
BUSY DAY.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> THE SEARCH FOR MISSING 75-
YEAR-OLD MAN HAS EXPANDED IN-
PERSON COUNTY.
WILLIAM DANIEL HOLT IS BEEN
MISSING SINCE FRIDAY.
THEY SPENT A THIRD DAY LOOKING
FOR HIM.
HIS FAMILY SAID HE WENT MISSING
WHILE WALKING HIS DOG.
AARON THOMAS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE STORY AND LIVE IN ROXBORO.
THE CREWS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR HOURS.
>> Reporter: YES, SEARCHING FOR
HOURS IN COLD RAINY WEATHER.
THEY BEEN LOOKING FOR WILLIAM
HOLT THROUGH THE HELICOPTER AND
EVEN THROUGH WOODED AREAS.
HIS FAMILY IS HOPING FOR A SAFE
RETURN, ESPECIALLY WITH
CHRISTMAS JUST TWO DAYS AWAY.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOYFUL
TIME OF YEAR.
BUT IT IS HARD FOR THIS FAMILY
TO CELEBRATE WITH THE MISSING
CENTERPIECE.
>> THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN
STRESSFUL BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN
A LOT OF TIPS AND LEADS AND A
LOT OF FALSE HOPES. THE LEADS
DID NOT PAN OUT.
>> HE'S REFERRING TO HIS UNCLE,
WILLIAM DANIEL HOLT.
HE WAS IN ROXBORO VISITING
FAMILY.
HIS WIFE SAID HE AND THE DOG
CHUNKY WENT MISSING FRIDAY AT
ABOUT NOON.
HE SUFFERS FROM DEMENTIA.
>> HE WILL NEED THE PUBLIC'S
HELP, WE NEED THE PUBLIC'S
HELP.
>> TRAINED SEARCHERS TOOK TO
THE SKY BY HELICOPTER AND
SEARCH MORE THAN 1600 ACRES.
>> WHEN HE LEFT HE DID NOT HAVE
ANY ID, NO WALLET, NO ANOTHER
PAIR OF PANTS, HE DID HAVE A
CELL PHONE BUT HE HAS NOT
TURNED IT ON.
>> HE SAID HE HAS A MILITARY
BACKGROUND.
>> WE HOPE HE HAS CAUGHT A RIDE.
WE DO STILL HAVE HOPE THAT HE
IS OUT THERE.
>> AND SO DOES HIS FAMILY WHERE
CHRISTMAS IS NOW AN
AFTERTHOUGHT.
>> WE WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT WE
LOVE HIM.
>> THE FAMILY TELLS ME THIS IS
A PRETTY STRESSFUL TIME FOR
THEM.
THE SHERIFF WENT ON TO SAY THAT
THE CREWS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 42
MISSING SEARCHING FOR HIM.
THEY HAVE SUSPENDED SEARCH FOR
THE NOT BUT PLAN TO HIT THE
GROUND FIRST THING TOMORROW
MORNING.
>>> HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE FOUND