(Update from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office: Rano “Reno” JR McGowan has been located in Alabama. He is alive and is being reunited with his family.)
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 77-year-old man who was last seen in the 19400 block of SE Highway 42 in Umatilla on Friday, June 10.
According to a release from MCSO, Rano “Reno” JR McGowan is driving a white Chevrolet pickup truck with Florida tag JHWI31. His vehicle was last seen on the afternoon of Saturday, June 11, and it was heading northbound on U.S. Highway 441 at the intersection of SE Sunset Harbor Road.
Rano has been diagnosed with dementia, and he may be attempting to travel to the area of Adairsville, Georgia to visit family.
Rano is 5’9”, he weighs approximately 210 pounds, and he has brown eyes and gray hair.
If anyone has any information on Rano’s whereabouts, please call 911.