Search-and-rescue teams hunt for missing Okanagan senior

Police and search-and-rescue organizations in the Okanagan are looking for a missing senior who disappeared five days ago.

Lawrence Hamilton, 72, was last seen visiting a seniors care home in West Kelowna, B.C.,last Sunday.

Hamilton left the facility on Butt Roadat about 3p.m. PT that day. He didn't return home, and his family reported him missing two days later.

The RCMP and at least three search-and-rescue groups are now looking for him on the ground and from the air.

"The family is definitely concerned," said TrevorHonigman,a search director with Vernon Search and Rescue.

Police say Hamilton is an avid hiker known to walk long distances. They say he suffers from a medical condition that requires him to regularly take medication.

Officers are asking anyone with information about Hamilton's whereabouts to contact local police.

Hamilton is described as a white man, about sixfeet tall, with grey hair dyed brown and hazel eyes.

He was last seen wearing a dark blue puffy jacket, jeans, a scarf and a pair of gloves.

With files from Brady Strachan