Aug 9, 2009 8:42 am US/Pacific
81-Year-Old Newlywed From Placentia Still Missing
Bob Harrod Recently Married His Childhood Sweetheart
PLACENTIA, Calif. (CBS) ―
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Shortly after the couple wed, the groom mysteriously disappeared.
CBS
An 81-year-old Placentia man, who recently married his childhood sweetheart, was still missing Sunday.
Bob Harrod married his childhood sweetheart June 29, at the Fullerton Justice Center before he disappeared from his home in the 500 block of Carnation Drive.
After marrying him, Fontelle Harrod went to Missouri to move her belongings to his Placentia home. When she returned home, he was gone without a trace.
The pair spoke twice daily by telephone while she was away, Placentia police Detective Corinne Loomis said.
"I don't know… I don't know what happened. But he just would not have walked away," Fontelle Harrod said.
Family members said Harrod was looking forward to his new wife's return, Loomis said.
"We were just getting started again… no he would not have left on his own," his wife said.
He took his wallet and keys, but there has been no activity on bank accounts that police are aware of, according to Loomis.
He did not have his cell phone and his car was in his driveway.
Harrod has some short-term memory problems typical of people his age, but Loomis said police do not suspect he became confused and wandered away.
According to Loomis, Harrod was known to take walks near his home, but none of his neighbors remembered seeing him.
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