Updated: Gig Harbor man with dementia has been found after two-day search, police say

Second update:

Gig Harbor Police posted on X at about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday that 68-year-old Kenneth McIntosh has been located in the area of the Olympic Mountains and is being reunited with his family.

Further information isn’t available at this time, the post said. Police thank all who shared the concern for finding him.

First update:

Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey told The News Tribune via email at 2:38 p.m. Tuesday that police haven’t yet located Kenneth McIntosh since he was reported missing the morning of Jan. 19.

“We are trying to develop leads and are working with the family to learn more about him,” Busey wrote. “Unfortunately, he left his cell phone behind and we are looking into where he might do his banking.”

Initial post:

A 68-year-old Gig Harbor man who suffers from dementia has been missing for more than 24 hours, and police are seeking the public’s help to find him.

Kenneth McIntosh, 68, was reported missing Sunday morning. He was last seen around 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 19 near the 3700 block of Hunt Street in Gig Harbor, in the residential neighborhood just east of Hunt Street and 38th Avenue Northwest.

The area is also home to Harborland Mobile Home Park, an auto shop called Parkers Detailing and a Security Storage facility.

McIntosh, who has a prosthetic left leg, suffers from dementia and diabetes, according to a release from the Gig Harbor Police Department, which first issued the alert around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. He does not have required medications and “may be unable to return without assistance.”

He is approximately 150 pounds and 5-foot-10 with gray hair and blue eyes. He is likely to be driving his 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche with Washington state plates, C53645R.

The police image shows McIntosh with a gray beard, but friends in the comments shared a “current picture” of him with a more recent shave and a baseball cap. He was last seen wearing sweatpants and a red-and-black flannel shirt.

In a Facebook post Sunday night, Gig Harbor police confirmed that Jan. 19 is the man’s birthday.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Gig Harbor Police Department at 253-841-2236.

Gig Harbor reporter Julia Park contributed to this report.

This story was originally published January 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM.