Family and authorities are still searching for Ken Yukimura, the 36-year-old owner of Sturbridge Porterhouse and Sturbridge Seafood who’s been missing since Thursday.

Yukimura’s sister and brother, Dawn Yukimura and Scott Yukimura, said there were no updates or any new leads on his whereabouts as of Saturday morning. Connecticut State Police Troop C on Saturday confirmed the search for Yukimura remains ongoing.

On Friday night, Connecticut State Police announced on Facebook that they sought the public’s help to find Yukimura, who did not show up to work after leaving his Somers, Connecticut, home at about 6 a.m. Thursday morning.

Troop C is attempting locate a missing person from Somers, CT. Ken Yukimura (DOB 08/27/1981) was reported missing by... Posted by Connecticut State Police on Friday, December 20, 2019

Police described Yukimura as about 6 feet, 1 inch tall and approximately 215 pounds. They noted he has a tattoo of a crab on his left shoulder. Yukimura has short salt and pepper hair. He is single and has no children.

Yukimura drives a 2015 black Dodge Ram, bearing Connecticut registration C045385, which has a dent with a large rusty area on the rear driver’s side bumper. Police added that a yellow rubber duck is affixed to the truck’s antenna.

The family filed a missing person report with Connecticut State Police on Thursday evening.

Scott Yukimura posted on Facebook asking for help on Friday, and the family has since received an outpouring of support.

I was really hoping it wouldn’t come to this but we are asking for anyone’s help with any information on the whereabouts... Posted by Scott Yukimura on Friday, December 20, 2019

“I would love to thank our community for coming together,” Dawn Yukimura said Saturday. “The overwhelming responses on Facebook and shares and attention people have given is heartwarming.”

Yukimura was last seen at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday at a bank in Sturbridge, according to his brother.

The family said Yukimura texted a coworker about an hour later, telling them to open one of his restaurants as he was running late. A charge on his card was recorded around 10:10 a.m. at a Wallingford, Connecticut gas station, with Scott Yukimura noting he drove to the station and viewed surveillance video, confirming his brother stopped for gas.

Staff at MassLive’s Worcester office, where Yukimura was scheduled to cater a holiday party on Thursday evening, grew concerned when he never showed. He had communicated with a MassLive staffer the night before, sending a certificate of insurance for the event.

Described by family as an incredibly hard worker, Yukimura has owned Sturbridge Seafood for about six years and the Porterhouse for about three.

Connecticut State Police encourage anyone with any information on Yukimura’s location to contact Troop C at (860) 896-3200.

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