PITTSBURGH — The family of Zachary Smith and Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in finding the 30-year-old, who was reported missing from Stroudsburg, PA, last Wednesday.
Smith’s father, Sid Smith, said his son took a bus from Stroudsburg to New York City and planned to travel to California.
The bus stopped in Pittsburgh, where Zachary got off at the Greyhound station, his father explained.
Smith told Channel 11 officers took his son to UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital after an incident at the bus station.
Staff released him hours later Thursday, his father said. That was the last time anyone reported seeing him.
“Last we were able to track his phone and his phone has been off; he seems to have gravitated back to the bus station,” Sid Smith said.
According to his father, Zachary has long brown hair, a red beard, and circular glasses. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs about 145 pounds and has blue eyes.
He was last seen wearing black shoes, sweatpants, and a Champion hoodie, along with a dark green baseball cap.
His father said he may be walking with a limp.
His family explained Zachary recently had reconstructive surgery on his hip and has a pin in his leg, fractured ribs and other internal injuries.
They’re worried he may not be receiving proper care.
They also say he believes a group of people are out to harm him. Sid believes his son may be moving between the Greyhound station in Downtown Pittsburgh and the psychiatric hospital in Oakland.
“We just want to know he is safe,” Sid Smith said. “We want him to either go to a hospital, contact the police and get somewhere safe. It is his birthday.”
He’s asking anyone who sees Zachary not to approach or try to stop him, but to call 911 or (412) 323-7141.
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