(Jefferson City) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Nashville, TN Metro Police Department have issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a man last heard from in Missouri.

70-year-old Curtis Gardner was en route from Nashville to Clarksville, TN, and last heard from around 10 pm Monday, November 20. Police say Gardner made phone contact with his family to say he wasn’t feeling well and intended to pull over. The cell phone was pinged in the Mountain View, MO area.


He was not expected to be in Missouri, and family members say the cell phone was turned off around 5 am Tuesday morning.

He is described as a black male, 5’11”, 190 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes he was last seen wearing black rim glasses and blue jeans, along with a gray turtleneck and a gray sweater. Police say he was driving an green Chrysler Pacifica with Tennessee plates 439-JBM.

Gardner, a retired police detective who may be in possession of an issued handgun, is described as having dementia and leukemia. Police do not believe he is a threat to himself or others.

Anyone seeing the missing person or vehicle, or anyone having any information related to Gardner’s whereabouts, should call 911 to contact the nearest law enforcement agency or call the Nashville Metro PD at 615-862-6898.