Stanley Kotowski, Boston, Mass man goes missing after leaving family vacation rental at Hilton Head Island barefoot and without personal items as search for father and husband intensifies.
A Massachusetts husband and father has gone missing during a family vacation at South Carolina’s Hilton Head Island last week.
Stanley Kotowski, 60, was last seen leaving the family rental at Sea Pines Resort on Friday. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office in a Facebook release stated that he was captured on ring bell video leaving barefoot and without personal items, including his phone or wallet.
The search for Kotowski involved deploying police K-9s, helicopters, drones, and boats. South Carolina authorities urge people in the area to review their home security cameras to help determine his whereabouts, WRAL reported.
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Where is he?
‘He just walked out the door. He had really bad insomnia for about a month. This is a brand new thing. He doesn’t have dementia. His anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse, and he started to get a little paranoid,’ his wife, Jackie Kotowski, said. ‘He thought someone was chasing him.’
According to the sheriff’s office, Kotowski was last seen wearing a gray Coors Light shirt and dark-colored shorts. He is about 6 feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes.
According to ABC 22, he has a ‘thick Boston accent.’
‘And you’re not in trouble, Dad … we love you,’ his son, Zak Kotowski, told the outlet. ‘Come home, we just want you home.’
Anyone with information on Kotowski’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at at 843-524-2777. Additionally, the sheriff’s office is asking those with cameras in the area to check their devices ‘to see if you observe Kotowski.’
