Petaluma man, 77, found after police search
Petaluma police on Thursday evening located a 77-year-old man who went missing Wednesday.
Gerald Moore is a biochemist who has led local wetlands restoration efforts. He was chairman of the Petaluma Wetlands Alliance, a committee of the Madrone Audubon Society that spearheads education and rehabilitation of wetlands.
He went missing around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Petaluma Police Lt. Tim Lyons said searchers found Moore late Thursday in a wooded area off Frates Road, near Old Adobe Road.
Lyons said Moore appeared to be unhurt, but that he would be given a medical examination.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, police received an anonymous tip at 6:09 p.m. Thursday from a source who said Moore was walking on Frates Road near Ely Boulevard on Wednesday. He was heading in the direction of Shollenberger Park, a nearby wetland. Moore and his wife, Mary Edith Moore, have been active in improvement projects around the park.
A law enforcement helicopter searched for him in southeast Petaluma on Thursday.
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