On April 14th 2016 Beaufort County Sheriff’s Deputies received a report of a missing Alzheimer’s patient from a residence on the Cayton Road in Chocowinity, North Carolina near the Beaufort and Pitt County line. Family Members reported, 80 year old Thomas Eugene Williams wandered away from his home undetected.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded by issuing a “Silver Alert”. The Sheriff’s Office with the help of Beaufort County Emergency Management, Chocowinity Fire & EMS, Deputies Daniel Hines and Sgt. David Grasha of the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office and Members of the Coastal Carolina Search Team from Bell Arthur began a search of the area around Williams’ home in both Beaufort and Pitt counties.
After following up on several tips of sightings of Williams in the area, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Investigators along with Sgt. David Grasha of the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office located Williams at about 3:30 pm in an abandoned home on “Voice of America Road Site B Road” in Pitt County. Williams was reunited with his family and transported by EMS to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. His medical condition is unknown at the time of this release.
