Extensive search for missing man with Cape ties

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Authorities say a widespread, active search is underway for a Plymouth man with ties to Provincetown.

Rodney Riviello, 69, the father of Provincetown Deputy City Manager Dan Riviello, was last seen Tuesday, June 18, near Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital at 275 Sandwich St. in Plymouth. Dan Riviello said Friday afternoon that the family has now posted a $5,000 reward for information leading to his safe return.

It is speculated that he could have attempted to travel to Provincetown, where his son lives, or to his daughter's home in Boxborough, or possibly to former homes in Clyde, New York and Brooklyn, New York.

According to hospital surveillance footage, Dan Riviello said, “When he was last seen, he was wearing dark blue shorts – my dad almost always wears jean shorts, so I guess They were jeans – a teal-turquoise polo shirt with narrow edges. white and black horizontal stripes, a New York Yankees baseball cap, white socks and gray sneakers with white soles. It looked like his father was wearing a hospital bracelet, Riviello said.

Rodney Riviello is described as 190 pounds and 5 feet 9 inches tall.

“He's a very simple man. He likes to sit in his chair and watch his TV shows,” Dan Riviello said.

In a Facebook post Friday afternoon, Provincetown Town Manager Alex Morse posted a missing person poster alerting the community. The poster was also shared Friday on the Plymouth Police Department's Facebook page.

“He knows Dan lives in Provincetown, so if he goes there, please keep an eye on him and call 9-1-1,” Morse wrote.

Mysterious disappearance after hospital visit

Dan Riviello said the last time his father was seen was around 11 a.m. Tuesday as he was leaving the hospital. The family believes he went out for his usual morning walk around 7 a.m. that day.

“We don't know exactly what happened to bring him to the hospital,” Dan Riviello said, although there were reports his father fell to the sidewalk and an ambulance was called, l 'recovered and took him to the hospital around six o'clock. a few kilometers from his home in Manomet.

He was seen in the emergency room and then discharged. He had no wallet or identification with him.

“They were working to get him a taxi or a Lyft, but he left,” Dan Riviello said.

Rodney Riviello does not have diagnosed dementia, but his son said he developed memory problems over the past two years and “didn't have critical thinking or problem-solving skills.” .

“If anyone talked to him, they'd think he's just a nice old man,” Dan Riviello said, “but when you're around him for a while, you realize he'll tell you the same story. story almost word for word” several times during the same day.

A vast police response

Authorities launched a large-scale operation to try to locate Rodney Riviello, his son said. Plymouth police were joined by state police and a team deployed by the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council – a consortium of more than 46 local police and sheriff's departments in the South Boston metropolitan area.

The response has included the use of drones equipped with thermal cameras, police personnel on foot and bicycles, and officers on board cruisers, in addition to the efforts of the Plymouth Harbor Master. Volunteers were also searching.

“Volunteers were making flyers and handing them out to people who were going to Boston to watch the Celtics parade,” Dan Riviello said. “We have family in New York who go to three-way stops and put up posters and talk to people.”

At this point, he said, “there is nothing absurd” about the research methods or locations between Massachusetts and New York.

He said the failure of a massive search across Plymouth to locate his father had left the family perplexed.

“The response has been incredible. We are so stunned and confused that we can't believe there has been no sign of him since Tuesday, with all the cameras that are all over the world today on homes, businesses and cars,” Riviello said. said. “The fact that he apparently disappeared without a trace…I can't understand that.”

He said that with the number of people looking for his father, he “still can't imagine he's anywhere in the Plymouth area.”

The search continues

Plymouth police said on the department's Facebook page that there was “still a very active investigation” underway and that they had staff dedicated to “efforts to obtain credible information that we can use to locate M .

They ask that everyone “continue to monitor Mr. Riviello and call the police department with any relevant information you may have on his whereabouts.”

“We know that many of you have spent countless hours searching for Mr. Riviello and we could not be more grateful for that,” the department posted.

Heather McCarron can be reached at [email protected], or follow her on X @HMcCarron_CCT

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Mysterious disappearance after hospital visit

A vast police response

The search continues

Lina Portman

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