Welfare check requested for missing man in Linville

Heard on: Rockingham County VA Law Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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We have any welfare check out of (number withheld) Alta Vista Lane in Linville.

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They advise to check welfare for an (name withheld).

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We have date of birth if you need it.

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They advise they haven't seen him since the 12th of September.

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Weather has apparently talked to him Wednesday or Thursday.

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The complainant is currently in the sheriff's office lobby wanting the welfare check.

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They were advised to call in.

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Mother also hasn't heard from him.

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We have made statements about not needing to be in the world anymore, but never about specifically harming himself.

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I don't know if he has weapons.

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No animals on location.

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Directed the complaining call from the office phone or from a cell phone.

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There's a number attached to the call for search.

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Call for our cell phone and affirmative.

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I'll let you know.

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Direct, you can show us one of the addresses.

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Somebody close to that. I'll call the complaint.

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Direct.

2026-09-28 01:49 UTC

Medical Emergency

Alta Vista Ln, Linville, VA 22834

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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies were sent to check on a man at a home near Alta Vista Lane in Linville after family reported he had not been seen since mid-September and had made statements suggesting he did not want to be in the world anymore. The situation was treated as a welfare check, with no specific self-harm threat reported and no animals mentioned at the location.