The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public to help locate Andrew William Weidhaas, 24, whom it has identified as an at-risk missing person. The department’s bulletin says his family is concerned for his well-being and that he depends on medication for mental health conditions. The notice gives his last known sighting, but does not establish where he is now.
LASD said Weidhaas was last seen at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday on the 680 block of Brooktree Road in Santa Monica. The department shared a public notice Thursday on its official X account; the time and location were also reported by MyNewsLA.com.
The sheriff’s bulletin describes Weidhaas as a White male, 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 140 pounds, with shoulder-length brown hair and green eyes. It says he was wearing yellow pants, gray shoes and a gray sweater, and carrying a blue bag.
What statewide missing-person figures show
California averages around 20,000 active missing-person cases, according to the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. That is an average number of active cases—not a count of reports filed each year or of people later located—so it does not indicate the outcome of Weidhaas’s case.
The department explains that its statistics are drawn from missing-person entries and cancellations submitted by law enforcement agencies to its Missing Persons System. Its status-report counts are based on cancellations made in the same year as the entry, a method that also should not be read as a simple annual tally of reports or recoveries, according to the DOJ’s statistics page.
How to report information
California has no waiting period for reporting someone missing. Police and sheriff’s departments must accept reports without delay, including by telephone, the DOJ says.
Anyone with information about Weidhaas is urged to call the LASD Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use the P3 Tips mobile app or submit a tip at lacrimestoppers.org, according to the sheriff’s department.
