Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Man Police Had Sought is Found.

Balchandra Samnath, 62, was reportedly missing earlier Thursday evening.

UPDATE: Walnut Creek police issued an 8:34 p.m. Thursday advisory that Balchandra Samnath was located.

 

Walnut Creek police Thursday evening issued an advisory for a "missing person at risk."

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Reported missing was Balchandra Samnath, 62, an Eastern Indian male, about 5-foot-8, 160 pounds, with short black hair and black eyes, according to the advisory. He was last seen wearing a blue short-sleeve shirt, gray sweatpants and white socks. Samnath was not wearing shoes, police reported.

He was "possibly seen in the area of Contra Costa Boulevard and Ellinwood Drive in Pleasant Hill around 5 p.m. Thursday, police reported. There are Internet listings for a Balchandra Samnath living in Pittsburg.


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