Missing man located after hours long search
Local law enforcement officials were on high alert throughout most of the morning April 6, looking for an elderly man who had wandered from his home in the early morning hours. According to the Wills Point Police Department Facebook post published at 6:59 a.m., 74-year old Dave Lewis was last seen at approximately 6 a.m. near the 500 block of Wynne Road.
The post described Lewis as last being seen “wearing dark green jacket, real baggy blue jeans, navy sock cap and glasses.”
Multiple agencies responded to the area, conducting searches on the ground and via search helicopter in the southern part of Wills Point and along Highway 80 towards the Elmo area.
At approximately 12:23, dispatchers notified law enforcement officials that a subject matching Lewis' description had been seen near the Terrace Drive area of Wills Point.
