Overview
- Forest Grove police took the missing-person report on Oct. 14 at 5:37 p.m. near Valley Crest Way and Circle Crest Drive after he left home on foot that morning.
- He was last seen about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on NW Gales Creek Road in Forest Grove.
- During a brief phone call with authorities, Thomas Weightman said he had fallen into a hole and did not know his location.
- The Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team is leading ongoing efforts, and cell-phone triangulation has not located him in the remote terrain.
- Officials ask residents south of NW Wilson River Highway along NW Gales Creek Road to NW Mystic Drive, east to NW Shearer Road, to check properties and report sightings to 503-629-0111 or 911; he is 5'9", about 165 pounds, with gray hair, a gray beard and glasses, last seen in black shoes, blue jeans, a red flannel shirt and a dark baseball hat.