The search is on for a missing man feared to be in a perilous state, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is reaching out to New Yorkers to quickly help track down William Clifford Douglas. Desperately looking to make contact, officials with the department said the 38-year-old was last spotted Wednesday on Charford Street in Glendora, a serene pocket of the greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent Facebook post.
Douglas, described as tall and imposing with a thick beard, stands 6 feet 6 inches, weighs about 240 pounds, and was last seen decked in black—a black shirt, leather jacket, and sweatpants. But it's not just his attire that has his family and law enforcement on edge; it's his "diminished mental capacity," a cruel thief of autonomy that seems to always take more than it ever gives back, authorities say. They suspect he may have been slowly making his way to a nearby airport, signaling intentions unbeknownst to those who know him.
In what's becoming a haunting norm, a flurry of social media shares and retweets carry the heavy banner of hope—Douglas's concerned loved ones, together with the jurisdiction that holds court over life and death, beseeching eyes and ears everywhere to be on the lookout, the department detailed on Facebook.
Those with even a whisper of a clue are urged to call the Homicide Bureau, a grim departmental name that one can only hope to quickly become irrelevant in this case. "Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact," the department has made clear—as clear as their intent to find Douglas while the clock does anything but stand still.
