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Missing mentally retarded man
By Kevin Walker
Rule No. 6 of the 10 ways to please
a loved one: Pager goes off while having dinner
at Lord Charlies with your girl friend. So
much for a quiet evening.
After calling Al, I was informed
that there was a mentally retarded man lost
somewhere below the USC Campus in Idyllwild,
since the early afternoon. Rendezvous point would
be the Idyllwild Sheriffs office.
With that we quickly finished dinner
and left Riverside for San Jacinto. After
dropping Patrice off at home, I went to my place
and tossed the gear into the car and headed for
Idyllwild. Just as I passed the Elementary school
in Idyllwild, I met the van followed by a herd of
cars heading for the USC campus. After slipping
into the caravan, we headed past the campus and
on down the old control road that heads towards
the base of the mountain. We had only been on the
road for about 10 minutes when the convoy of
assorted RMRU and Hemet team members came to a
halt. Heads were popping out of windows trying to
see why we had stopped so suddenly. Well low and
behold the man in question was walking up the
road, and almost ran into us. With that it was
time to find a place to turn around and head for
home.
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