Family appeals for help finding missing Penticton senior with dementia

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The disappearance of 72-year-old Penticton resident Lawrence Jerry McAnulty, who goes by Jerry, is especially concerning as the senior has dementia.

A Penticton woman is pleading with the public to help look for her missing father.

“Check your cameras, check your sheds, just please keep eyes out everywhere,” said an emotional Carmen Gee.

The disappearance of 72-year-old Penticton resident Lawrence Jerry McAnulty, who goes by Jerry, is especially concerning as the senior has dementia.

“With him having dementia, so many possibilities are running through my mind and everyone else’s,” Gee said.

Gee, along with other family members, are now scouring Penticton’s downtown area, which McAnulty was known to frequent on foot.

They are putting up posters, talking to operators of businesses McAnulty frequently visited and asking people if they have seen the missing man.

Police say McAnulty was seen the morning of Oct. 23 on security video in the lobby of his apartment building, just a few blocks from downtown.

“I had gone a little bit of time without contacting, which was not abnormal,” she said. “We would always check in here and there.”

However, after a wellness check at his apartment earlier this week showed no sign of him, McAnulty was reported missing.

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