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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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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