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Elias Guendjian Found

DENVER -- An 80-year-old man who was reported missing from his Denver home on Wednesday morning has been found.

 Elias Guendjian, who suffers from Alzheimer's and was considered an at-risk adult, was found in the Montbello area on Wednesday night. Police said Guendjian appeared to be in good health and was being taken to his family.

Guendjian was last seen at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home in northwest Denver.

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Martinez, Boylan families seek missing loved ones

MONTROSE �” Two missing men. Two cases; two different sets of circumstances. And now, two families fearing the worst.

The sheriff’s office continues to search for Abade “Abe” Martinez, missing since Aug. 2. The police department, meanwhile, continues looking for Thomas Boylan Sr., who hasn’t been seen for more than a week.

“It gets tougher every day,” Victoria Martinez, Abe’s sister, said. Recent snowfall has added to the family’s fears for Abe’s safety. Victoria said she is also worried that her brother might be in the canals near where he went missing.

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Abe Martinez, 52, was last seen near a relative’s home on 58.25 Road in Olathe. There are miles of canals, fields and open country nearby. The sheriff’s office, which previously undertook massive ground searches and floated the canal, is planning another ground search for him Nov. 7, after the canals have been turned out for the year.

Victoria Martinez appealed to the public for volunteers to help walk the area.

“Right now, that’s what we’re banking our hopes on, is the search,” she said. “There’s a lot of ground to cover.”

The sheriff’s office confirmed there would be a search Nov. 7. Details are forthcoming, pending an operational meeting of the sheriff’s posse.

Boylan’s family still fears foul play in his Oct. 20 disappearance. The 82-year-old Montrose man was last seen leaving his home on South Pythian St., near the hospital. He was driving his 1990 Chevy Suburban (see photo) and possibly wearing fleecy-type plaid bottoms and a plaid shirt.

Boylan is on heart medication, but apparently left it behind in his home, and also left his lights on. He typically sticks close to home and is not known to go out at night, but a neighbor saw him leave at around 10:30 p.m. Oct. 20.

Police have considered that Boylan might have dementia, but his children strongly contest that notion and say they don’t want the public’s perception to be swayed the wrong direction during the search.

“My gut tells me that he gave someone a ride or was coerced into it, and they turned on him,” Jeanne Boylan, Tom’s daughter, said via e-mail Wednesday.

She fears her father was harmed and his truck disposed of.

“I can think of no other reason why it’s not turned up by now.”

Jeanne said that she asking for people to keep a close eye out for the Suburban, or �”though “morbid” �” any signs of a dead body.

Montrose Police Chief Tom Chinn said investigators continue to check all reported sightings.

They recently looked at a vehicle that was found in the Norwood area, but it proved not to be Boylan’s.

“There’s nothing that indicates foul play, but on the other hand, anything is a possibility. Until both he and the vehicle are found, anything is a possibility,” Chinn said.

“We’ve not ruled out any of those situations, but nothing has been confirmed at this time.”

Chinn said the recent turn to wintry weather has the police concerned.

“(In) colder weather, anyone, regardless of age or health conditions, (if) they get stranded in some remote area, this could be extremely detrimental.”

Anyone with information about either Martinez or Boylan should contact authorities immediately at (970) 252-4010, (970) 252-4020 or (970) 252-4021.

Martinez is 5-feet, 7-inches tall, 130 pounds, dark hair with salt-and-pepper highlights, was clean-shaven at the time of his disappearance, and has brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans. He left behind his cigarettes and hat that usually go with him everywhere.

Boylan is 5-feet, 10-inches tall, 135 pounds, gray hair and brown eyes. Though known to wear suspenders, the ones he had no longer fit as well because he has lost weight.

He always wears white socks with black shoes and usually wears plaid sweat pant-type/fleecey bottoms, which he usually rolls up. He usually wears a plaid shirt.

His Suburban bears Colorado license plate number 540 PCP.

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MONTROSE �” One week later, Thomas Boylan’s disappearance leaves a mystery, as well as a frantic family, who is hopeful someone has spotted his distinctive vehicle.

Boylan, 82, was last seen at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 20, leaving his home in the 300 block of South Pythian in his 1990 Chevy Suburban, Colorado license plate number 540 PCP. (See photo).

He is now the subject of a senior alert, issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation Monday morning at the request of the Montrose Police Department.

Boylan’s 1990 GMC Surburban

The MPD has two investigators assigned, but does not suspect foul play. His family’s not so sure.

“It’s so out of character for him,” daughter Ann Boylan said Monday. “He stays home. He gets Meals on Wheels. He wants to be there for that. I can’t imagine him driving off into the mountains or something like that. I just don’t know what happened.”

She said her father is a “homebody” who does not go out at night because, as police earlier said, he does not see well at night.

However, Tom Boylan is a generous and helpful man, his children said. They are concerned he might have offered to help the wrong person this time around.

They cannot think of another reason why he’d leave his home late at night, likely wearing only a threadbare yellow jacket. Penny-conscious, he would not have left the lights on, unless he planned to come back soon. And he wouldn’t have left behind his heart medication or his cane, the family said.

“He never goes out at night, ever, not in many years,” his daughter Jeanne Boylan, a forensic investigator, said. She is currently working outside of the country and communicated with the Daily Press via e-mail.

“He had to have been summoned by someone, somebody with a flat, or a trouble ... he is one of those ‘good souls’ who people know they can rely on if they need him and is someone they would call if they were ‘in big trouble.’”

Ann Boylan also said her father does not like to be far from the hospital, because he’d previously had a heart attack.

“He would always help anybody that would ask him. We’re just wondering if anybody came to the door and asked him,” she said.

Both women and their brother, Tom Boylan Jr., strongly disagreed with earlier reports their father could be suffering from possible dementia.

“He has some confusion as an older person would �” if the Rockies are on, he might call them the Broncos �” but he’s not walking around with dementia,” Ann Boylan said.

“He’s very bright, completely politically involved and interested in life, functions fine, handles his own finances, lives alone and has never shown me any sign of serious forgetfulness or confusion beyond that of any ordinary 45-year-old,” Jeanne Boylan said.

“I don’t buy it (dementia).”

Boylan Jr. said his father knows who he is and how to get back home. The younger Boylan has spent the past few days driving old hunting routes, even though it’s been decades said Boylan Sr. has been hunting.

From the Black Canyon to Silverjack, Blue Creek, Wetterhorn, Ouray, Ridgway, Beaver Hill, the Flat Top area, the adobes, Boylan Jr. has searched, leaving word with every hunter he encounters.

No luck.

“I’ve got to totally believe that’s just not where he’s at,” Boylan Jr. said. “As much as I hate to admit it, it’s looking more and more to me like foul play.”

He explained that foul play is conjecture at this point, but is sure he knows what did not happen: “I know in my gut that he didn’t drive up into the mountains and disappear, or forget where he’s at.”

The family is asking everyone to keep an eye out for Boylan’s vehicle, which has mismatched, dented panels. The front portion of the vehicle is black; the rear is blue and white. It could be anywhere, under just about any circumstances �” from theft, to a wreck �” Jeanne Boylan said.

“We don’t know, but we can’t discard any possibilities.”

Additionally, the Boylans said a local pilot has been assisting in the search. That man could not be immediately reached for comment.

“We’re trying to find out where he’s at,” Montrose Police Cmdr. Gene Lillard said. “His health is not the best. We’re concerned about his welfare. We’re diligently looking into leads.”

Police on Monday had hoped Boylan might be with a platonic friend of his, but have since located the woman and ruled that out.

Though Lillard said police at this time don’t suspect foul play, Boylan’s disappearance is cause for concern.

“It’s out of character that he would up and take off like this,” he said.

Tom Boylan Sr. is 5-feet, 10-inches tall, 135 pounds, gray hair and brown eyes. Though known to wear suspenders, the ones he had no longer fit as well because he has lost weight.

He always wears white socks with black shoes and usually wears plaid sweat pant-type/fleecey bottoms, which he usually rolls up. He usually wears a plaid shirt.

If you have seen Tom Boylan Sr., call (970) 252-4020 or (970) 252-4021

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Elaine Medcap Found

Colorado Springs police say 70-year-old Elaine Medcap has been found in Denver.

She was last seen around 2 p.m. Thursday at the Walmart on 8th St. She had been dropped off for a hair appointment.