Volunteers Step In After Officials Call Off Search for Man Missing in Pleasanton Hills – CBS San Francisco

PLEASANTON (KPIX) — A gaggle of volunteers gathered within the parking zone of Foothill Excessive Faculty in Pleasanton to start one other day looking out Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park to seek out Philip Kreycik.

“They’re one hundred pc on this. They consider that Philip remains to be on the market alive and their message to the group is that we’re nonetheless right here and we’re going to convey him again alive,” stated one volunteer named David Selinger.

Kreycik went missing Saturday afternoon when he didn’t present up for an appointment after a pre-planned eight-mile run in on the park. His automotive and telephone have been situated on the trailhead. He’s nonetheless lacking.

“Philip is a tricky man. The household is one hundred pc positive he’s on the market and they don’t seem to be giving up,” Selinger stated.

Philip Kreycik. (household photograph)

Thursday, along with the foot search, volunteers have been plastering missing-persons flyers round Pleasanton within the hope that somebody acknowledges the Berkeley husband and father.

The official Alameda County search ended late Wednesday night time however the volunteer search continues.

There was a report late Tuesday night time that there have been shouts for assistance on the Sunol aspect of the ridge. A message was posted on Fb and volunteers began displaying up at 1 a.m.

“The center of this group is on this search,” Selinger stated. “By 5 a.m. we had one other 25 or 40 volunteers who all awakened in the midst of the night time, who turned over, noticed an alert on their telephone after which walked 5 miles within the wilderness to seek out Philip and this what it’s all about.”