Overview
- The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office is leading a multi-day search for 72-year-old Gary Kiehl of Arroyo Grande.
- Deputies located his unoccupied vehicle at the Cave Landing parking lot near Avila Beach's popular coastal trails.
- Search teams include Sheriff's Search and Rescue, County Fire, Harbor Patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard, and a cellular-forensics unit from the County Office of Emergency Services.
- Investigators say the case does not currently appear suspicious, and friends alerted authorities after he missed a planned pickup at the Grover Beach train station.
- Officials released his description—5 feet 10 inches, 180 pounds, brown hair, hazel eyes—and asked anyone with information to call 805-781-4550.