Police Seek Help in Finding Missing Hermiston Man

The Hermiston Police Department and Oregon State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 59-year old Hermiston man reported missing under suspicious circumstances after his car was found Monday morning in a parking lot near the Interstate 82 bridge.

The Hermiston Police Department took a missing person report Monday after being contacted by a family member of Alvin Lee Patterson, 59, of Hermiston. The report was taken after Patterson’s vehicle was found parked at the bottom of the path to the foot bridge on the westbound side of the Interstate 82 bridge over the Columbia River. The car contained his personal property, identification and cellphone.

Patterson is described as a white male, 5’5″, 160 pounds, short black hair, and was last known to be wearing a navy blue shirt and tan pants.

The Hermiston Police Department and Oregon State Police are asking to speak with anyone who saw a man matching Patterson’s description in the parking lot or walking on the foot bridge Monday morning between 6 and 7 a.m., or anyone with related information regarding Patterson’s whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to contact Hermiston Police Department Officer Robert Guerrero or OSP Trooper Jerrad Little through OSP Southern Command Center dispatch at (541) 664-4660.