Alert: Pacifica firefighter missing since Friday afternoon

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Alert: Pacifica firefighter missing since Friday afternoon

Update: Missing Pacifica firefighter found dead

Pacifica City Manager Stephen Rhodes (no relation) confirmed at 1:15 p.m. that he had received word that Rhodes’ body had been found earlier this morning.
The father of four went missing after leaving his Brentwood home before dawn on Friday morning, en route to begin his firefighting shift in Pacifica, according to media reports.
A search began after he never showed up for work.

It was not known as of 2 p.m. where Rhodes’ body was discovered, by whom or in what condition. The Brentwood Police Department did not immediately return calls, although Brentwood officers previously reported that they did not suspect foul play.

Route: 63-mile route from Brentwood to Daly City

Description: White male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. Note: Tattoo of a bird on his left shoulder.
Vehicle: 1998 white Ford-150 truck with an extra cab and the license plate 5T28550.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call either Detective Couch at 925-809- 7730 or Detective Daansen at 925-809-7732.

BRENTWOOD - (1)Police are asking the public for help finding a Brentwood man who disappeared on his way to work early Friday morning.

Jeffrey Rhodes, 45, left home about 4:45 a.m. for his firefighting job at Pacifica Fire Department but never arrived, said Lt. Tom Hansen of Brentwood Police Department.

Rhodes' wife reported him missing about 12:30 p.m., Hansen said.

Since then Brentwood police together with California Highway Patrol and East Bay Regional Parks have been searching for Rhodes, tracing his usual 63-mile route with ground units and a couple of helicopters to see if he'd had an accident and driven off the road, Hansen said.

Police don't suspect foul play, he added.

Rhodes was driving a 1998 white Ford-150 truck with an extra cab and the license plate 5T28550.

He is described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. Rhodes also has a tattoo of a bird on his left shoulder.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call either Detective Couch at 925-809- 7730 or Detective Daansen at 925-809-7732.

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Sunday, January 27, 2008