Police with sniffer dogs were out searching Leagrave Common Park yesterday afternoon in the search for a missing Luton pensioner.
Andrew Goldsboro disappeared from his home on Sunday, November 3 after he said he was having a final cigarette outside his home before retiring to bed.
The keen gardener’s family has been searching the area since and have been appealing for help in tracing him.
Mr Goldsboro, aged 78, of Compton Avenue, did not have any health problems and his family say his disappearance is totally out of character.
“We are devastated,” said his daughter Nuala Goldsboro. “This has never happened before, we just can’t believe that he would just walk off.”
Mr Goldsboro’s wife Bernadette, raised the alarm within an hour of him going missing but police have not been able to find any trace.
Public and private CCTV cameras have been checked, as have the cameras around Leagrave railway station but there has been no sign.
Nuala, and her sister Marie, who flew in from Dubai where she lives last week, have been searching the area and set up a Facebook page. They are also urging people to check sheds and back gardens in case their father has become disorientated.
Set Insp John Murphy said there were concerns because of Mr Goldsboro’s age and the rapidly deteriorating weather.
“The family is being regularly updated and they are well supported by family and friends in the local community,” he said.
Mr Goldsboro worked as a maintenance man at the Arndale, Luton, before his retirement. He is also actively involved in his local church, St Joseph’s RC Church in Luton.
The family’s Facebook page is Andrew Goldsboro Missing in Luton.
> If you have any information call police on 101.