PORT ANGELES –– A Port Angeles mother is looking for her 15-year-old son after he ran away Thursday morning.
Sally Baker said her son Tyhler Camby, who she described as mentally unstable, started a fight and stormed out of their home at 11 a.m. Thursday and hasn’t been back since.
“I don’t know what he’s doing; I don’t know if he’s OK,” Baker said. “It’s scary that he’s out there God knows where doing who knows what.”
Camby is about 5-foot-11 and thin. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a gray Jagermeister shirt and has pink hair.
He was last seen at the Safeway on the east side of Port Angeles on Thursday, she said.
“By the time [police] got to him, he was gone,” she said.
Heading to Olympia
She heard that Camby might have tried going to Olympia over the weekend for Capital City Pride.
She received a text message from one of Camby’s friends Monday saying Camby might be heading “south,” though she has no idea where he would be going.
She said she has looked everywhere she could think of for her son.
Baker has searched through the woods and valleys around Port Angeles, including the old BMX jumps in a gully along Eighth Street.
“It’s really important to find him,” she said. “He was threatening to kill himself when he left.”
Baker said her son is mentally unstable and was released from Western State Hospital less than two months ago.
He was admitted to the hospital after he attempted suicide, she said.
Camby has been diagnosed with several disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Tourette’s syndrome and autism, she said.
Baker hopes her son will turn himself in to the police to get the help he needs, she said.
“We love him very much and we want the best for him,” she said. “It’s not safe to be out by himself on the streets.”
Camby has a cell phone, but it is turned off, she said. Baker said her son is not responding to any messages.
Baker said anyone who has any information about her son should contact the Port Angeles Police Department by calling 360-452-4545.
Efforts to reach Port Angeles police Monday about the missing teen were unsuccessful.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.