ABC13 viewer believes they saw security guard who went missing during work shift last Saturday

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Sunday, August 21, 2022
Missing security guard possibly spotted in Missouri City, witness says
There may be a glimmer of hope after an ABC13 viewer believes they saw 59-year-old Robert White who went missing during his work shift more than a week ago.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- There may be a glimmer of hope Sunday morning after an ABC13 viewer believes she saw a man who went missing during his work shift more than a week ago.

The witness believes she saw 59-year-old Robert White at the King Dollar in Missouri City.

His family hopes surveillance video will provide further clues because so far they're coming up empty. His daughter, Lewanda Wilson, said the sighting makes sense.

"When I got the call (that) he may have been seen in the neighborhood, I'm thinking, 'Maybe he's trying to get closer to my area because I'm right here in this neighborhood,'" Wilson said.

On Aug. 13 at 6 p.m., White's family said he clocked into work as a security guard at a store in Rosharon, but never finished his shift.

Investigators said the last ping from his phone showed him at a store at about 10:30 p.m. that night. The phone that now goes to voicemail.

"Please come home," White's cousin, Janice Harris pleaded. "Please call us. Please let us know you're OK."

Family and friends went to the store on Saturday to look for clues.

The family told Eyewitness News that this is not like him, especially considering he has health problems.

White's cousins said he's diabetic, has a prosthesis, and has heart problems for which he needs medication

"I think it's suspicious. He would never just go missing. If he's not coming home, he would let my sister know. 'I'm gonna stay at such and such place...I'll be home tomorrow... I'll be home in a couple of days.' He never just went missing like this. We think it's suspicious activity," Tabitha Harris, White's cousin, said.

White's car, a white Ford Fusion, is also missing. His family said he drove it to work the night he went missing.

"(We) haven't found the car or anything. It's like he disappeared off the face of the earth," Harris said.

If you know any information about White's whereabouts, you are urged to call the Houston Police Department at 713-884-3131.

Texas Equusearch and White's family plan to search the store in Rosharon again on Monday if he isn't located by Sunday.

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