Police are searching for a Greenport man who was reported missing on Sunday, authorities said.
According to Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley, Michael George O’Brien, 55, was reported missing on Sunday by his wife Mary.
“He abruptly left the house without any personal belongings in his vehicle and has not contacted his family since then,” Flatley said. “Our officers completed an initial investigation, but were not able to locate him. A missing persons report was filed and his information transmitted to all police sites.”
O’Brien, a Greenport native, is described as being a white man, 6′ tall, with brown hair and a beard, weighing 250 lbs.
“He was depressed,” his wife Mary said, adding that her husband, a carpenter, “drove off in his Chevy pickup truck,” leaving his cell phone behind. “He left everything home.” While he does have a coat and his wallet, Mary said her husband has no cash and no credit cards.
His vehicle is described as “a gold/beige Chevy extended cab pickup with license plate number 8836JS,” his wife said.
“If anybody can help look,” she said, possible sites to search might include secret huntings spots in the woods where her husband, a hunter, might be. His wife said all of her husband’s guns, used for hunting, were accounted for.
“I can’t imagine where he would go,” she said, adding the couple have children and grandchildren, with a new grandchild on the way.
Anyone with information is asked to call Southold Town police at 631-765-2600.
