Community Corner
Former Half Moon Bay Man Missing in Idaho
Erik Jorgensen reportedly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder related to a tour in Afghanistan.
Written by Rob Klindt
Searchers are combing through the mountains near Boise, Idaho in search of a former Half Moon Bay/El Granada man who has been missing since late last week.
Erik Jorgensen, 26, an Army veteran who served a year in Afghanistan now serves with the National Guard in Idaho. A text message he sent to family and friends late last week raised concern among them for his safety.
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“On Thursday night he sent out a mass text message basically saying he was a waste of oxygen on this earth,” Jorgensen’s mother Cindy Crow told ABC 6 TV in Idaho. After confirming with Idaho police that Jorgensen’s whereabouts were unknown, Crow immediately left her California home and headed for Boise, Idaho.
Crow told police that Jorgensen suffers from severe post traumatic stress disorder likely related to his tour in Afghanistan. He also may be in need of medication. A Facebook page set up by Jorgensen’s family indicates that he may be suicidal.
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Local police and volunteer search parties comprised of family and friends spent the weekend searching for signs or Jorgensen or his truck in rugged and isolated mountain areas. The National Guard also sent three units to help.
According to a missing persons poster Jorgensen is described as 6-feet-1-inches tall, 240 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. His truck is a 2013 Dodge Ram, painted white and jacked up with a black grill and black rims. It has an Idaho license plate number, S58329.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer T. Marsh with Boise Police at 208-377-6790. The case number is NCIC#315901.
