Officials will scale back the search for a Berkeley man reported missing after going on a run Saturday at Alameda County's Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, believing he is either incapacitated within the park or out of it entirely.
The Pleasanton Police Department said in a release Tuesday afternoon that "no significant clues were detected" after "an exhaustive search effort" looking for Philip Kreycik, 37, for four days.
"This was not an easy decision to make, and our focus is to continue supporting the Kreycik family," Lt. Erik Silacci said in a statement. "We thank all of the search and rescue crews as well as the hundreds of volunteers who rallied together and remain committed to locating Philip."
Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said earlier Tuesday in a press conference that officials were "left with basically two probabilities" for Kreycik's whereabouts.
"One is that we’re not finding Philip here in the terrain and that he’s incapacitated … or that he's not here," Kelly said.
Kreycik parked his car near the Moller Ranch staging area at around 11 a.m. Saturday, according to his officials. He told his wife he was going for an hour-long run in the park, and she called the Pleasanton Police Department to report him missing at 2 p.m.
Kreycik left his cell phone in his car, and he was thus unable to use the GPS features of his smartwatch, according to Silacci. Officials were unable to track his movements as a result.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office said 100 search and rescue personnel and 200 community volunteers on Tuesday teamed to search for Kreycik. Kelly called the search "unprecedented," noting that they found sunglasses and blood on a rock, which was tested and determined to belong to an animal.
Silacci said the "organized and systematic approach" included dogs, drones, e-bikes and thermal technology, none of which turned up any sign of Kreycik. The Pleasanton Police Department will continue to investigate his disappearance as a missing person case.
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