Authorities searching for missing Lawrence County man

By Lilly Adkins

BSN Associate Editor

LOUISA — Lawrence County Emergency Management and Search and Rescue are looking for a missing Lawrence County man, Don Gussler, 81.

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Gussler’s daughters, Clista Spence of New Port Richey, Florida, and Alyssa Gussler, of Groveport, Ohio, had reported him missing and the search is ongoing.

The daughters posted on their Facebook pages that their father lives right past the Rich Creek boat ramp on Ky. 32.

Gussler was last seen at his house Wednesday evening, July 27, and the daughters said they don’t know what time he left his house.

“The search began Thursday evening, and lasted all the way into this (Friday) morning,” Spence said in her Facebook post. “My dad doesn’t drive, so he would be on foot. Unless someone has randomly picked him up, but again we don’t know. He’s elderly, and has brown eyes. His shoulder droops, because I think it is dislocated. Please if anyone sees him contact me! We all believe he has dementia, so he wouldn’t know where he is at.”

Alyssa Gussler posted a similar message along with photos on her Facebook page as well.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Gussler, or those who may have seen him somewhere, is encouraged to contact the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office at (606) 638-4368.