Texas EquuSearch is searching for a 45-year-old man in need of critical medical attention.
His family says they are worried about his health and safety after he damaged his automobile in Southwest Houston and disappeared.
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Shawn Bates left home on June 9 to go to the store and never returned.
” It was unusual for him not to come home, he never not came home,” said Ebony Ned Bates.
His wife, Ebony, claims he had recently had surgery three days prior and was on pain medication.
“I was scared something bad had happened to him.”
She later learned from authorities that Shawn had been involved in an accident on Sandpiper Drive.
Crash on Sandpiper Drive
Surveillance video from Piper’s Crossing Apartments captured the moment he crashed into two parked automobiles on the street.
Police say he then hit a Metro Lift bus before exiting his gray Dodge Journey.
Shawn was observed heading south on Sandpiper after declining medical treatment following the crash.
METRO PD said he appeared to be fine, but his mother, Sharon Bates, does not believe so.
“The wrecker driver said that anyone who saw my son would obviously have come to the conclusion that something was wrong because he seemed completely out of it,” said Sharon
Medical concerns
She claims her son has a major medical issue and was about to start home dialysis.
“He was diagnosed at 15 with focal segmental glomeruli-sclerosis. From what his doctor said he was already starting to develop uremia which causes mental confusion.”
The search for Shawn Bates
Since Shawn’s disappearance, Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch has assisted the family in scouring the region and beyond, giving out fliers, but authorities have received no leads as to where he is.
“It’s been very difficult because he was in a very vulnerable condition, and I just hope no harm has come to him. I just hope that someone has picked him up in a facility that we just haven’t checked,” said Sharon.
If you have any information about his whereabouts, contact Houston’s Missing Persons Unit at 832-394-1840.