Sacramento Police are asking the public for help finding a 56-year-old man who vanished from his Sacramento neighborhood more than a week ago and has not been seen since. Joselito Gadingan was last seen leaving his residence in the 10 block of Marina Court around 7 a.m. on September 2, walking away on foot, and officers say his medical and mental health conditions put him at serious risk.
According to a bulletin from the Sacramento Police Department
, Gadingan is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black combat boots, and possibly a black baseball hat. Police have asked anyone with information to contact them immediately.
Marina Court sits within the Natomas Central Village subdivision in Sacramento's 95834 ZIP code, according to Redfin. The address gives searchers and neighbors a starting point as the search continues into a second week.
Why His Case Is Classified As Urgent
Gadingan's case falls under a specific legal category. Under California Penal Code Section 14215(b), a missing person is classified as at-risk if there are indications they need medical attention, are mentally or cognitively impaired, or vanished under circumstances inconsistent with their normal behavior, per Justia Law. That classification requires law enforcement to act immediately.
That designation carries statutory teeth. Penal Code Section 14211(a) requires local agencies to act without delay and bars any mandatory waiting period, while subsection (d) addresses the Be On the Lookout bulletin, according to FindLaw. The same statute's subsection (e) mandates that agencies electronically transmit the report to the California Department of Justice within two hours, entering it directly into statewide and national crime databases.
The Critical First Hours
People with cognitive or memory impairments can wander from home or a routine environment.
State records from the California Department of Justice provide statewide figures, and California as a whole leads the nation in open missing person cases, with more than 3,000 active reports statewide as of 2026, according to the World Population Review. The vast majority are quickly resolved.
What Comes Next
It remains unclear whether investigators will seek a broader regional alert. California Government Code Section 8594.10 may allow a Silver Alert request for cognitively or developmentally impaired missing individuals deemed in danger. Whether Sacramento Police will pursue that option if the search expands beyond the immediate neighborhood has not been addressed.
Anyone with information about Gadingan's whereabouts is asked to call the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-5471, or 911 in an emergency. The case adds to a string of recent missing person searches in the region, including Hoodline's coverage of a Meadowview man missing since August.
