COLUMBUS, Ohio —
A Columbus woman has a message for her missing husband: Come home.
Kenneth D. Roberts Sr., 61, disappeared Monday, April 9.
Family, friends and Columbus police are especially concerned for Roberts because he doesn’t have his medication for Parkinson’s and dementia.
“It’s just surreal. That’s what I keep saying. It’s surreal,” said Phyllis Roberts Tuesday, eight days after her husband of 31 years left and didn’t come back.
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“People have said they’ve had loved ones missing and after eight or 10 days, they just come to the door. So, I don’t even feel like going away because I think he’s going to come,” she said.
She said she first found Kenny missing when she got home from work last Monday. Her brother told her he went to see a friend.
“My brother saw him go across the street, and then he saw him leave there and walk toward the corner. That’s the last [time],” she said.
CPD initially said a relative took 61-year-old Roberts to Ravenswood Court, near Easthaven Road, to visit a family friend. NBC4 can’t confirm whether Kenny walked away from his home or if he was dropped at a friend’s home when seen last.
Kenny doesn’t have his daily medication for high blood pressure, dementia and Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with in 1994.
Phyllis said Kenny has walked away before.
“He would go to the neighbor’s house. Then, he would go to the corner and then sometimes a little bit farther, but he would always return,” she said.
Columbus police have done three different ground searches for Kenny, including an extensive search last Friday that utilized K-9s.
None of the searches have turned up any clues.
“He just disappeared into thin air,” said Bob Cuahonte. Cuahonte has been Kenny’s friend for 20 years.
He said he hasn’t given up hope, though. Tuesday, Cuahonte made another stack of fliers he hopes will catch the right person’s eye.
“He’s gotta be here someplace. Somebody’s gotta turn up with him. He’s just got to come back here,” he said.
“I think someone picked him up. Maybe he called someone … I don’t know where he might have had in mind,” Phyllis said.
Wherever her husband is, she had this message: “Come home. We miss you. Come home,” she said.
Investigators told NBC4 they’ve had a few tips on Kenny, but those haven’t turned into anything
Kenny is a black male. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds. He has brown eyes and some gray hair.
He had on a red and gray polo shirt, a navy jacket, navy pants, gray tennis shoes and a dark baseball cap.
A statewide missing adult alert was issued last Thursday.
Anyone with information on Roberts should call Columbus police at 614-645-4624, 911 or 866-693-9171 to be directed to a law enforcement agency.
