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Man with terminal illness reported missing with handgunPurgitsville WV

audio iconMissing Person
Hampshire County, WV

A man from Hampshire County, West Virginia, is reported missing by his wife. He was last seen leaving home the previous night. He is believed to have a handgun and is suffering from terminal lung cancer. There are concerns he may be suicidal. He may be driving a blue Chevy Malibu and could be near Moorfield, possibly at the Bingo Hall where his uncle is a pastor.

Audio|Source: Hampshire County Public Safety
02:54
Transcript:
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Missing person, (name withheld).
00:04
Pergisville.
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26.
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If 26.
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Female advisor husband left Thursday.
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Correction, he left last night.
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Has not come back.
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He has a handgun with him.
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Blades he might commit to his body's dying of lung cancer guy.
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We got a number, callback.
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Ten four. You want to text with you?
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Yeah.
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26 that's about sign 1726 I'll meet you down there where you didn't feel at.
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10-9[1] yeah pre-all sheets then we're going right out there we'll wait for you.
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To Hampshire.
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Did you get a vehicle description for him?
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14. It's going to be a blue, Chevy Malibu,
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28 of November,
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220,
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28, alpha.
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Yeah, okay, 10-4[2].
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Why did they think he might have went to Moorfield to the Bingo Hall?
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Okay.
01:50
Mr. Sir,
01:52
the wife advised that's just the way he would come home from Baker, Wardenville.
01:56
She advised about 15, 20 minutes from Warfield.
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Say again.
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The wife advised that's the way he would come home.
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But she advised he's about 15, 20 minutes from Warfield.
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That's why she believes he'd be there.
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Ten forth.
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After 14.
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Does 14.
02:26
They have (name withheld) church service there at the Bingo Hall, and his uncle as a pastor.
02:31
Go ahead.
02:33
Okay, Tim. We're getting contact with Hardy County and see if they can just swing by into a welfare check on him.
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Once we get his info, we're going to have entered into out, see if they don't locate him.
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Time one.
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X14, can you get a second?
02:53
Yeah, then four.
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[1]
10-9: Repeat message
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received

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