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Multi-Agency Search Continues for Missing Arroyo Grande Man, 72

A car discovered at Cave Landing in Avila Beach set off a broad search.

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.