Missing Port Angeles man found in Puget Sound area

Published 11:12 am Monday, March 3, 2014

PORT ANGELES — John Kerrigan, a 73-year-old dementia patient who had been missing since Feb. 23, was found safe in Shoreline on Sunday night, Port Angeles police said today.

The King County Sheriff’s Office said Kerrigan appeared “wet” and “confused” when he was spotted in the city just north of Seattle. Kerrigan was taken to Northwest Hospital in Seattle.

Authorities say they don’t know how Kerrigan traveled from Port Angeles to Shoreline.

Before going missing, Kerrigan was last seen at his residence at the Arlene Engel Home, 138 W. Second St., Port Angeles.