The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office announced that missing county resident Robert Allen “Bob” Kindig, 82, was located in Porter County several hours after being reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Indiana State Police and Porter County sheriff’s deputies located Kindig at about 10 p.m. at a gas station on U.S. 20. He was safe and healthy and was being returned to his family.
The sheriff’s office issued a press release earlier on Feb. 6 asking for the public’s assistance in locating Kindig, who has been diagnosed with dementia and had not been seen since approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday evening. He lives in the 5900 West block of Schultz Road in rural LaPorte County.
Mr. Kindig left his home on the evening of Feb. 6 to go to his weekly bowling league at Casey’s Lanes in LaPorte, but he never arrived. At approximately 7:20 p.m., his family reported him missing.
The sheriff’s office entered Kindig into the Indiana Fusion and Intelligence Center as a missing and endangered adult. A Silver Alert was also broadcast.