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2005 Tang, Jerry 11-29-2005; San Francisco
Topic Started: Sep 30 2006, 09:02 AM (582 Views)
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Jerry Tang, loving father of two, is Asian American, 6'1", 160 lbs, 40 years old, with black hair and brown eyes. He has been missing since 11/29/05. He is prone to seizures and is without medication.
We believe that Jerry may be anywhere in the country and may be unaware of who he is. Recently, a New York lawyer, Raymond Power Jr., was found to be suffering amnesia in a Chicago homeless shelter. It took a mention on America's Most Wanted TV show and a concerned friend at the homeless shelter to reunite him with his family.
To date, there has been an extensive effort to locate Jerry. SF Weekly details this search in the headlined article: "The Missing Man: Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?"
If you help us, we can find Jerry. Our search began by word of mouth, with a grassroots effort. Through the power of the Internet, we have been able to spread the word and get a good deal of press -- but we need more, as Jerry is still missing. If you join in with your efforts, by putting up posters and recommending media contacts, you will alert potential good samaritans and local and national authorities. You will help others to help us find him.
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The last NASCAR Elite Division Southwest Series point’s race ever is being held at the famous half mile in northern California Saturday night September 23, 2006 and with all the hype going towards this significant fact two additional stories rise to the top.
The Nations Missing Children’s Organization and two racers, LaMoure and Pettit continue to assist families with hopes of locating their missing loved ones. “On July 2nd of this year all the media attention Altamont Motorsports Park provided generated a lead resulting in a safe recovery of Charles Debes who was on Pettit’s racecar that day, this weekend we pray for similar results” Said founder and program director of Racing for the Missing and driver of the Napa Auto Parts Chevy #94 Darrell LaMoure

Larger then life vinyl image and contact information of Alistair John Redman will be on the # 03 machine of Pettit. Alistair was reported missing September 16, 2006 from his apartment in San Francisco. His family and friends had become concerned because they had not heard from him in over a week. It was particularly urgent that Alistair reach his family that week because there was a medical emergency. But there was no response to their calls. Alistair is a musician and an artist known for having a scientific mind. Alistair has some unique features that are not visible in a picture. He has a chip in his front tooth. He may also be wearing an earring in the upper part of his ear. He has a tattoo of a Celtic knot—a triangle woven within a circle—on his back shoulder about the size of an apple. He is most likely carrying a book sized, square-shaped army bag that belonged to his Grandfather. Any information concerning his whereabouts please contact the San Francisco police department at (415) 558-5508

Another, larger then life vinyl image and contact information of Jerry Tang will be on the #94 machine of LaMoure. Jerry was last seen at approximately 8:00am at his residence in the vicinity of the 700 block of Ashbury St. in San Francisco, CA. A family member last spoke to him at 10:00am via phone. It is possible that Jerry could be seen in the Boston, MA area. Jerry has a medical condition caused by a stroke and needs medication. Jerry has two children Jonah 8 and Eian 5 along with his wife Joyce wondering what happened to there father and husband. Much is unknown to the family “we miss him and want to him home with us” Said Joyce Tang, wife and mother of Jerry’s children. Any information concerning the whereabouts of Jerry Tang please contact the San Francisco police department at (415) 553-1071

Special thanks goes to Altamont Motorsports Park for their support of the families who will be in attendance Saturday night, both families will be there to provide information to the media and race fans, complements of AMP.

When: Saturday September 23, 2006 Altamont Motorsports Park, Tracy California racing starts at 5:00 PM bring your cameras. Racing for the Missing is a Personal Safety & Awareness program of the National Center for Missing Adults a division of the Nations Missing Children Organization based out of Phoenix, AZ. www.theyaremissed.org “We utilize high profile sporting venues to reach the public in larger numbers, in hopes of generating that one lead law enforcement can use to safely return a loved one home to their family ” Said Jim Pettit II driver of the Top of the Hill and Racing for the Missing #03 Ford

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FRAMINGHAM
Magazine stirs hope for missing person
By Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff | February 25, 2007

Family and friends still searching for a former Framingham man more than a year after he mysteriously vanished got a boost from the latest issue of People magazine, which featured Jerry Tang among a handful of other missing persons.

Tang, a 1983 Framingham North High School graduate, was living and working in the San Francisco area when he disappeared on Nov. 29, 2005.

Joyce Tang, his wife of 15 years, hopes the national media attention will prompt new leads to her husband's whereabouts.

"I have moments of 'OK, we'll never see him again,' but that doesn't really get me anywhere," she said in a phone interview last week from her San Francisco home, where she lives with their two sons. "Maintaining the hope is what keeps me going."

Jerry Tang, 41, who worked as a high-tech engineer, had suffered a stroke in 2003 that triggered a seizure disorder requiring medication, his wife said.

His condition can lead to amnesia, she said, so the best hope is that he is alive but unable to get home.

Locally, friends are hoping the attention from the Feb. 26 issue of People will turn Tang into one of the success stories they now cling to in the news. Tang's disappearance has also been featured on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC television reports, as well as in several major newspapers.

"I know when I open the People magazine, it's going to freak me out," said Ashland resident Michael Getman, who has known Tang since high school.

"Maybe too much caved in for him and he just decided to leave, but he was a devoted father and husband. I don't have any explanation as to why, and I don't really care as long as he comes back," Getman said.

Joyce Tang, a nurse, said her husband was depressed due to financial stress and his medical problems, but she and his friends agree they can't imagine those issues prompting him to commit suicide or simply walk away from his family. And there has been no evidence of foul play.

Friends and family have followed up on tips, distributed fliers in both the San Francisco and Boston areas, lobbied for media attention, and created a website, findjerry.org. They have focused their searches among the homeless population, believing that is where he could end up if he became disoriented.

The outpouring of support from people around the country is a direct result of who Jerry Tang is, according to friends.

Simone Solondz, who met Tang when they were freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania, said she watched him grow from a funny guy to someone who cared deeply about the world -- and still managed to be fun and funny. The two lived on the same street in San Francisco for a decade.

He volunteered in a homeless shelter and was the type of friend who would offer to pick you up at the airport even if you were coming in at 4 a.m., she said.

"It was inspiring," said Solondz, who now lives in Providence. "He set an example and we all said, 'Oh maybe I should give blood or maybe I should be volunteering.' We're all making more of an effort to be like Jerry, be the one to talk to strangers and smile at people. Hopefully if nothing else, that good will come out of it."

Needham resident Noni Sutherland, who also went to college with Tang, said the continued efforts are "because he's such an exceptional person -- talented, funny, smart."

She recalled that Tang befriended a blind man in San Francisco and used to visit him and take him grocery shopping.

"He did stuff like that all the time," said Sutherland. "He was just a very giving person who had connections with people that most of the rest of us never talk to."

There was one strong lead in the Boston area last year, when a clerk at the downtown Lord & Taylor department store reported waiting on someone who looked like Tang, according to his wife.

She said she doesn't think her husband is in the Bay Area because the region has been so blanketed with coverage, she can't imagine he could remain hidden.

"I was really hoping this People magazine thing would bring in more exposure, tips and things," she said.

Joyce Tang said she misses her best friend and the boys, ages 8 and 6, miss their father.

But she still has hope.

"Is it harder after a year? Yeah," she said. "I never want to give up on him. He means too much to me."

Lisa Kocian can be reached at 508-820-4231 or by e-mail at lkocian@globe.com.

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Family, friends comb city for signs of missing man

Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, December 5, 2005

Dozens of volunteers and friends scoured San Francisco over the weekend for signs of a missing 39-year-old tech executive and father.

Jerry Tang, who lives in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood, hasn't been heard from since Tuesday morning, when he spoke to his wife by phone. Since then, friends, family and concerned strangers have followed up varied tips, with the help of a neighbor coordinating the effort from an Ashbury Street garage.

A groundskeeper thought he spotted Tang in Golden Gate Park last week. A postal carrier said he noticed Tang in a phone booth in the Mission neighborhood on Saturday. And a psychic suggested he might be found along the cliffs near the ruins of the Sutro Baths.

"We are going to look for him until we find him,'' said Ingrid Overgard, a family friend. "It's just a massive physical search."

On Saturday, about 80 people, many on bicycles, searched for Tang, who has two sons, ages 4 and 7. About two dozen people looked for him Sunday. A vigil in Golden Gate Park drew 60 people Saturday evening, and friends have placed posters around the city and on the Internet. Tang, chief technology officer at a San Mateo startup called Smalltown, e-mailed his boss Tuesday morning to say that he felt too ill to come to work. Tang has a medical condition that makes him prone to seizures, worrying friends that he may have collapsed or become disoriented.

He also had been feeling depressed recently about his illness, police said.

Tang may be wearing a blue nylon jacket, blue jeans and brown New Balance shoes. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 160 pounds and has black hair and a red blemish on his forehead.

Friends said Tang himself has joined in several volunteer efforts, helping deliver meals to the elderly and assembling packages for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

"He was very intelligent and a very compassionate individual,'' said Steve Ginsberg, who has known Tang since they went to elementary school together in Massachusetts.

Anyone with information can call the San Francisco police at (415) 553-1071. Volunteers can join the search from 9 a.m. to dusk today at the 828 Ashbury St. garage.

E-mail Todd Wallack at twallack@sfchronicle.com.
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California tech executive missing

Posted on 05 Dec 2005 # UPI

SAN FRANCISCO: A 39-year-old tech executive, missing for about a week, is the subject of a massive search by dozens of volunteers and friends in the San Francisco area.

Jerry Tang hasn't been heard from since last Tuesday when he spoke to his wife by phone, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Tang, father of two sons, is the chief technology officer at a San Mateo startup company called Smalltown.

The report said he sent an e-mail message to his boss Tuesday saying he felt too ill to come to work.

"We are going to look for him until we find him," said Ingrid Overgard, a family friend. "It's just a massive physical search."

Police say Tang has a medical condition that makes him prone to seizures.

Anyone with information can call the San Francisco police at 415-553-1071.



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Family baffled by tech worker's disappearance
Programmer for San Mateo start-up needs anti-seizure medication

By Amy Yarbrough, STAFF WRITER

SAN FRANCISCO — Friends, family and volunteers fanned out on area beaches this week to search for a missing San Mateo tech employee and father of two who disappeared a week ago.
Jerry Tang, a 39-year-old resident of San Francisco's Cole Valley, was last seen Nov. 29. That morning he sent an e-mail to his boss at a San Mateo-based start-up, Smalltown, saying he was sick. The last person who talked with him was his wife, about 10 a.m.

Searchers spent the weekend looking for Tang in Golden Gate Park, which he was known to frequent, and plastered "missing" posters all over the city. Monday's search shifted to Baker Beach and Land's End, said Ingrid Overgard, a family friend.

So far, there have been a number of tips — from a groundskeeper who thought he saw Tang in Golden Gate Park, to a postal carrier who saw someone who looked like him using a phone booth in the Mission. None has led anywhere, said Overgard, who added they have also searched libraries, churches and restaurants he was know to frequent.

"It's just completely out of character for him to take off, so

we know something has to be wrong," said Overgard, whose husband has known Tang since the two were elementary school students in Massachusetts.
"Jerry is a really nice guy, and we really care about him and miss him very much," she added. "We just want him to come home."

Tang, who suffered a stroke several years ago, is prone to seizures and disappeared without his medication, said Hal Rucker, Tang's boss at Smalltown.

Rucker said he fears Tang, a computer programmer, became disoriented as the result of a seizure and does not know where he is.

"It probably has something to do with his medication," said Rucker, adding that Tang recently became more interested in religion. "This just isn't like Jerry."

Tang stands 6-foot-1, is Asian and weighs 160 pounds. The last time he was seen he was wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes.

Anyone with information about Tang's whereabouts can call the SFPD's Missing Persons Unit at (415) 558-5508 or the Operations Center at (415) 553-1071.



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Volunteers Search For Missing San Francisco Man

Dec 10, 2005 11:09 am US/Pacific

(KCBS) SAN FRANCISCO - Volunteers combed Golden Gate Park on Saturday morning, searching for clues to the whereabouts of a San Francisco man missing for more than a week.

Thirty-nine-year-old Jerry Tang was last seen for certain at his home on Nov. 29. Since then he may have been sited in the park the next day.

"The strongest sighting that we had was a groundskeeper at the McLaren Lodge who supposedly saw him and gave him an umbrella," long-time friend David Preskin told KCBS reporter Henry Mulak. "The idea is to try to get some sense of where he might have gone from there."

A search last weekend yielded no clues about Tang's fate.

The chief technology officer for a San Mateo company has suffered from seizures since he had a stroke two years ago.

Posters with the Tang's image have blanketed the park and some downtown BART stations.

Tang lives in Cole Valley with his wife and their two children.

He was wearing a blue nylon jacket, blue jeans, and brown New Balance shoes when he disappeared.


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Search of Golden Gate Park for missing man fruitless

Posted on Sat, Dec. 10, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO - Friends and family of a San Francisco man who went missing earlier this month gathered in Golden Gate Park today to search for his belongings and any clues that could aid investigators in tracking him down.

Jerry Tang, 39, was last seen at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1 when his wife, Joyce Tang, left the couple's Upper Haight residence to go to work, according to Ingrid Overgard, a friend of the family.

About 70 people gathered in the park's Sharon Meadows around 9:45 a.m. today for the search, which turned up several items. However, none of the items belonged to Tang.

Overgard called today's fruitless search, which ended at 1:30 p.m., heartbreaking.

``We want to find him so bad for his family,'' Overgard said. ``He has two young boys and they need their dad back.''

Tang had a stroke when he was 37, which left some lingering problems with his balance and memory, according to his older brother, Austin Tang. Since his stroke, he has suffered two major seizures. He is supposed to take anti-seizure medication every 12 hours.

Jerry Tang had apparently been under considerable stress recently, dealing with such challenges as helping to get a start-up company off the ground, raising his 7- and 4-year-old children and tending to his own health.

According to San Francisco police, an unconfirmed report from a citizen placed Tang at the corner of Haight and Shrader streets on the night of his disappearance. A Golden Gate Park groundskeeper reportedly saw him the following day near McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park.

Tang was last seen wearing a blue, windbreaker-style jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes, according to Overgard. He is Asian, stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs approximately 160 pounds.

Anyone who has seen or had contact with Tang is encouraged to call the San Francisco Police Department's missing persons detail at (415) 558-5508 or (415) 553-1071.



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A coast away, pals aid search

By Erica Noonan, Globe Staff | January 1, 2006

Jerry Tang hasn't called Framingham his home for many years, but his childhood friends are doing whatever they can to track down the missing 1983 Framingham North graduate-turned-high-tech-engineer.

''He would never leave his family without explanation," said college friend Naomi Sutherland of Needham.

Tang, 39, was last seen on the morning of Nov. 29 in the San Francisco home he shared with his wife, Joyce, and their two young sons. He told his wife he wasn't feeling well, and e-mailed his employer, San Mateo-based startup Smalltown, saying he wouldn't be in that day. Then he vanished.

Police officers and volunteer search parties have repeatedly canvassed the city and sections of Golden Gate Park, but come up empty. Traces on his credit cards and bank accounts have also been fruitless -- they haven't been used.

Tang disappeared with little cash and without any medication to control his seizures, the side effect of a stroke he suffered two years ago. He is likely disoriented and confused, friends say, with no idea of how to get help.

It's not your average missing-person case. Word has spread far beyond Tang's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and northern California. His tight-knit group of buddies from Framingham and college friends from the University of Pennsylvania are frantically reaching out to anyone who knew him in the slim hope that he returned to Framingham, or contacted any of his childhood connections.

A long shot, maybe. But at least it's something to help you feel useful when you live 3,000 miles away.

''I am thinking about him all the time. It's frustrating to be out here and not able to be out there looking" said Michael Getman, now an Ashland resident. In high school, he and Tang played in a rock band called Brave New World. Guitarist Getman and Tang, a keyboardist, covered Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd hits and played their share of video games at Fun & Games on Route 9, a popular hangout of the era. ''He was the sort of person who was the center of attention, but not because he demanded it. Everyone was just drawn to him."

Just two months before he vanished, Tang was back home for a much-anticipated reunion of old Framingham friends, the Oct. 2 wedding of David Pruskin, with whom he attended Juniper Hill elementary school.

Tang gave a spontaneous and touching toast to enduring friendship that day, said Pruskin, now living in Newton.

Early last month, Pruskin flew to San Francisco and spent several days helping with the search, co-organized by another Framingham North friend, Steve Ginsberg, who lives in the Bay area.

''I think it's important that people maintain that degree of hope. There is no reason to go into complete grief, because we don't know where he is," Pruskin said. The networks that have sprung up to help -- a buzzing Yahoo! group and website dedicated to the search -- have done much to spread the word.

Ginsberg said searchers have put Tang's name on every missing-person database they could find and distributed fliers among the city's homeless population.

Another 1983 Framingham North grad and close friend, Joel Bassuk, recently arrived in the Bay area from his home in England to help in the search.

''Jerry's a phenomenal person. That's why you are seeing this level of response," Ginsberg said.

''He is very much missed," Tang's wife said on Thursday. ''We so appreciate everything people are doing to get the word out and help find him." The Christmas holiday was a difficult time for their sons, ages 4 and 7, she said. ''It was really hard through the holidays to not have dad there."

Framingham native Anne Weinstein, who now lives in Needham, said the effort has revived many old connections. Tang was a sort of social glue, friend to both young people and their parents, many of whom are still local.

''This has shown the power of personal connections and of the Internet," she said. ''People here are really impacted, even though it's happening all the way on the Left Coast."

For more information on the search for Jerry Tang, go to www.findjerry.com.





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SEARCH FOR MISSING SF MAN CONTINUES, FOCUSES ON LEAD

01/07/06 3:50 PST
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Family members of a missing San Francisco man are gearing up for the second part of a search today that focused on a dated but "seemingly reliable'' lead regarding the man's possible whereabouts.

According to Audrey Tang, about 25 to 30 family members, friends and volunteers gathered at 9:30 a.m. today at 1 California St. to help search for her brother, Jerry Tang.

Jerry was last seen on Nov. 29, 2005 when he left his Upper Haight residence, Audrey Tang reported today.

Since then, Tang's family has organized several fruitless searches for Jerry.

Today's search was based on information Jerry's family gathered from a security guard at a Downtown building who said he saw Jerry on Dec. 16, 2005.

According to Audrey Tang, the security guard was walking the perimeter of 1 California St. when he contacted a man who was resting in a nook of the building. The guard told the man to move.

It wasn't until later in the evening that the guard saw a sign on a post on Market Street and realized the man he asked to move might have been Jerry Tang, Audrey Tang said. The guard later notified police and Jerry's family about the possible sighting.

Jerry's brother, Austin Tang, questioned the guard, who said the man he asked to move had a shopping cart but didn't look like he had been on the street very long.

Audrey Tang said today's search covered the financial district, North Beach and the South of Market area.

"People didn't realize that he was still missing. That was a big reminder to us that we have to keep it fresh and we have to keep looking,'' Audrey Tang said.

Volunteers passed out fliers and paid special attention to public workers and others who tend to be on the street like postage workers and door attendants. Audrey Tang said those people, like the security guard who provided the lead that spawned today's search, may be more aware of who is walking the streets.

The search ended around 1:30 p.m., Audrey Tang reported, but family members are planning a more targeted search this afternoon of places Jerry might gravitate towards.

Family members have reported Jerry may be experiencing problems with balance and memory, caused by a stroke he had when he was 37 years old. Since his stroke, Jerry has suffered two major seizures and is supposed to take anti-seizure medication every 12 hours.

"If there's memory loss,'' Audrey Tang said, it is helpful to "think about the things from his childhood that were poignant or places that (may) look familiar to him.''

According to Audrey Tang, Jerry held jobs in various office buildings near 1 California St. in the past. Still, she said "it's hard without specific leads.''

"It's really been quite a journey, I guess, of trials and tribulations,'' Audrey Tang added.

A vigil is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 17 --Jerry's birthday--if he is not found by then, Audrey Tang said.

Jerry is described as a 39-year-old Asian man, standing 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. To see a photo of Jerry or to get information on future search efforts go to http://www.findjerry.com.


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Family members of a missing San Francisco man are gearing up for the second part of a search that focused on a dated but "seemingly reliable'' lead regarding the man's possible whereabouts.

According to Audrey Tang, about 25 to 30 family members, friends and volunteers gathered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at 1 California St. to help search for her brother, Jerry Tang.

Jerry was last seen on Nov. 29, 2005 when he left his Upper Haight residence, Audrey Tang reported Saturday.

Since then, Tang's family has organized several fruitless searches for Jerry.

Saturday's search was based on information Jerry's family gathered from a security guard at a Downtown building who said he saw Jerry on Dec. 16, 2005.

Audrey Tang said Saturday's search covered the financial district, North Beach and the South of Market area.

Volunteers passed out fliers and paid special attention to public workers and others who tend to be on the street like postage workers and door attendants. Audrey Tang said those people, like the security guard who provided the lead that spawned Saturday's search, may be more aware of who is walking the streets.

The search ended around 1:30 p.m., Audrey Tang reported, but family members are planning a more targeted search Saturday afternoon of places Jerry might gravitate towards.

Family members have reported Jerry may be experiencing problems with balance and memory, caused by a stroke he had when he was 37 years old. Since his stroke, Jerry has suffered two major seizures and is supposed to take anti-seizure medication every 12 hours.

A vigil is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 17 --Jerry's birthday--if he is not found by then, Audrey Tang said.

Jerry is described as a 39-year-old Asian man, standing 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. To see a photo of Jerry or to get information on future search efforts go to http://www.findjerry.com.

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Search For Jerry Tang Continues

The family and friends of missing local man Jerry Tang have been doing a good job of keeping themselves in the public eye, with a recent appearance on KTVU and pursuit of a new lead.

On January 7, the Financial District, North Beach, and SOMA were canvassed based on a December 16 possible sighting by a security guard in the 1 California area. In that sighting:

(A) security guard was walking the perimeter of 1 California St. when he contacted a man who was resting in a nook of the building. The guard told the man to move.

It wasn't until later in the evening that the guard saw a sign on a post on Market Street and realized the man he asked to move might have been Jerry Tang, Audrey Tang said. The guard later notified police and Jerry's family about the possible sighting.

For up to the minute information and news on the effort to find Tang, keep your eye on findjerry.com.

Jerry Tang is Asian American, 6’-1”, 160 lbs, 39 years old, with black hair and brown eyes. He is prone to seizures, and is without his medication. It is possible that he is injured (possibilities include strokes or seizures, as well as the results of being out in the cold) and/or may have been taken in by homeless community. If you see him, call 911, (you will be asked, "Police, Fire, or Medical") say "Medical", identify yourself, state your location, and describe Tang to them.



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January 23, 2006

A Baffled City Asks: Where Is Jerry Tang?

The S.F. tech exec vanished Nov. 29. Friends join strangers in a search that's called unprecedented.

By Lee Romney, Times Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — He walked out the door with his keys and wallet. That's how it started.

Jerry Tang was a handsome, creative tech executive who played jazz piano, volunteered at his church and doted on his wife and two boys, ages 4 and 7.

Then, on Nov. 29, he was gone.

The San Francisco man is one of more than 4,000 people who are reported missing yearly in this city alone — though most cases are resolved quickly. But Tang's disappearance has prompted a grass-roots search campaign so thorough that police and private investigators call it unprecedented.

Friends, family and strangers have scoured homeless shelters, stood on street corners with massive banners and checked encampments from Golden Gate Park to the remote beaches of Marin County.

Childhood buddies have flown in from as far away as London to help, visiting shelters and bus stations in the Bay Area, Las Vegas and Tang's home state of Massachusetts.

At the request of a friend of Tang's, the Craigslist website promptly agreed to post "find jerry" links on every page, drawing in sympathizers who never met the man but are touched by the story of his disappearance.

Tang's gentle smiling face now beams from "missing" posters on telephone polls throughout San Francisco, and his name is widely known here.

"His family and friends have come together in ways I've never seen before," said San Francisco Police Inspector Andrea Martin. "They've been through the city like wildfire."

So pervasive is the effort that a private investigator approached by the family declined their money, saying he could do nothing they had not already tried.

The search for Jerry Tang, who suffered a stroke almost three years ago at 37 and was depressed about his ongoing seizures, has become a parable of community connection, hope and sudden loss.

His friends and parents — Taiwanese-born immigrants — believe Tang could be wandering the streets with amnesia or an altered thought process triggered by another stroke or seizure (he left home without his medication).

It is their best hope, the only scenario that adds up while still keeping Jerry among the living. They have spent dozens of hours developing rapport with homeless men and women who have tipped them to possible sightings.

There was a tall Asian man with a shopping cart resting in a downtown nook. Another in the food line at the St. Anthony Foundation. Yet another lingering by the city's ragged bus terminal. The tips turned up nothing. But they are leads that can be followed. And action equals hope. Early last week about 60 supporters gathered in the small San Francisco church where Tang and his wife, Joyce, are members. They were there to celebrate Tang's 40th birthday. The congregation has poured out its support, as have parents from the Tangs' nearby elementary school, cooking meals for Joyce and the children.

On this rainy night, Tang's family announced a $10,000 reward, half from his parents and part from Jerry Tang's partner in the San Mateo tech start-up, Smalltown, where he was working long hours before he vanished.

The participants sang "Happy Birthday to You" — marked by quiet sobs — then lighted candles for Tang's safe return.

"Those of us who know him have a hard time accepting that he could have the ability to come home and hasn't," reasoned one longtime friend, Ingrid Overgard. "It's not the Jerry we know."

The Jerry they know, said Los Angeles attorney and high school friend Ed Hoffman, is "a gregarious, good-natured guy with a good sense of humor. I never remember Jerry having a harsh word for anybody."

Tang grew up in Framingham, Mass., then married his college sweetheart. His friends stuck with him for years and now nourish Tang's parents with small surprises: stories about the times Tang bought lunch for the homeless, how he befriended an aging blind man and regularly read aloud to him.

Then came the stroke. It didn't change Tang. He was always spiritual and sensitive — a soft-spoken "deep thinker," said his father, Jeffrey Tang. But grand mal seizures followed. And the medication drained him.

For the first time, family members said, Jerry Tang seemed to struggle. Working on the start-up — and an outlay of his own cash as the company awaited venture capital — proved stressful too, his father said.

"He had become very weak and very tired," said Jeffrey Tang, 71, who, with his wife, Julia, moved to the Bay Area retirement community of Rossmoor in 2004 to be closer to Jerry Tang and his two siblings, Audrey and Austin.

On Nov. 29, the 6-foot-1 Tang canceled a doctor's appointment, then told his office that he was feeling too ill to come in. He spoke to his wife by phone at 10 a.m. That's the last anyone heard from him.

Tang is believed to have been wearing a blue nylon jacket, blue jeans and brown New Balance shoes. His credit cards and cellphone have not been used since.

Numerous reports placed a man who matched his description sitting forlornly on a Golden Gate Park bench in a downpour. A groundskeeper offered him an umbrella. Law enforcement teams searched the park for days and dragged the bottom of its largest lake.

The possibilities that Tang intended to disappear or may have killed himself remain open, though police efforts to locate him remain active.

"Mr. Tang did cancel an appointment that he had. He did say that he was not going to work," said Martin, the missing-persons detective. "When you hear that a person has at least a short-term plan not to do what he was going to do, you have to think: What was in his mind to make him not do something the normal way that day?"

But Tang's family and friends cannot linger on those thoughts. Psychics have pictured him on a street, lying in a garden, on a beach near a windmill.

His disappearance triggered a viral response as e-mail lists begat e-mail lists. A Yahoo listserv keeps 200 of his closest friends informed. Another public website — http://www.findjerry.org— ; draws tips and ideas from hundreds more.

Strangers, too, are spreading the word.

"This really has struck me," wrote one on a family blog. "This man is one of those 'upstanding' citizens, a good father and husband, a high-tech executive, a neighbor … and then suddenly he is roaming the streets…. But for fate, there go I."

Tang's family is also humbled by the response.

The day after Jerry Tang's birthday, his father took the train to San Francisco and walked the gritty blocks past addicts and drunks to the San Francisco Rescue Mission. There, he prayed for Jerry and participated in a Bible study.

"You know, I talk to many homeless people," Jeffrey Tang told Pastor Ralph Gella and a small gathering. "Many of them express concern. They volunteer to show me around. Even though their physical condition is poor, they still have righteousness."

The session over, Jeffrey Tang asked the men if they had seen a volunteer known as "Boston." The man from Massachusetts had told Jeffrey Tang a week before that he believed he'd seen his son. But on this day, "Boston" was missing too.

With a laminated missing-person poster of Jerry pinned to his shoulder bag, Jeffrey Tang then made his way to a financial district building where Tang worked four years ago.

The company is long shuttered, and another has replaced it. But the security guard accompanied Jeffrey Tang upstairs so he could search the unlocked sixth-floor bathroom.

"It's a longshot. I don't know what I'll find. But I just want to be clear in my mind," the elder Tang explained.

"I am trying to generate some hope."



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Area cases show difficulty of solving male disappearances
40-year-old is second man from Berkeley missing in recent months

By Kristin Bender, STAFF WRITER

It is often women who become household names when they disappear, but men go missing even more frequently.
Day after day, week after week, women such as Laci Peterson, Chandra Levy and Natalee Holloway make national and international headlines following their disappearances.

But men such as San Francisco's Jerry Tang, Berkeley's Wallace Richards and now Rodney Texera, also of Berkeley, have vanished without a trace in the past three months.

No one knows exactly how many American men voluntarily check out compared with those who are killed or kidnapped. But of the 51,038 active missing-adult cases in the nation, more than half — 27,000 — are men, according to the National Center for Missing Adults' data from December.

And when men disappear, they are already at a disadvantage.

"An adult has the right and ability to pick up and go somewhere else. They can change their location and not notify anyone, and they can change their name," said Erin Bruno, a lead case manager for the National Center for Missing Adults in Phoenix

"Because adults have the ability and the privilege and the right to do that, it's difficult to get missing adults to be taken seriously, especially men."

Berkeley police this week announced theyare investigating the disappearance of Texera, a 40-year-old deaf man with developmental disabilities. Texera also has an untreated heart condition, a relative said.

Texera lived in a group home called UA Homes at 1040 University Ave. until Dec. 9. On that Friday, a friend — who relatives say they do not know — picked him up in Berkeley so he could help with a move in Oroville, said Texera's sister-in-law, Kristina Creech, 29, of Tracy.

He has not been seen or heard from since, Creech said.

Berkeley police spokesman Officer Ed Galvan said investigators have exhausted all leads and need the public's help to find Texera.

Texera, deaf since birth, was due to start a new janitorial job in December. When relatives did not hear from him, they assumed he was too busy to e-mail or call,

"We didn't think anything of it," Creech said.

Creech said the family did not realize anything was wrong until his caseworker called to say he had not shown up for the new job. Texera was reported missing by his mother Dec. 21.

Family members believe Texera may have met with foul play or injury because he has a girlfriend and an 11-year-old daughter, both of whom he is close to, Creech said.

"I don't believe he is somewhere because he wants to be there," Creech said.

Texera is white, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He is bald and has hazel eyes and an orangish-brown mustache. He is completely deaf and has limited speech. He uses sign language to communicate.

While "missing people" include Alzheimer's patients who walk away from facilities, elderly people who get lost or disoriented and men and women who take off with a lover, police say there are also missing-adult cases that have been on the books for decades, without leads.

"Just because an adult is missing, it doesn't mean they necessarily walked away," Bruno said. "When you are talking about men, they are often seen as independent and strong-willed, so (people think) they are less likely to become a victim. Women are seen as more vulnerable."

Texera was the second Berkeley man reported missing to police in late 2005.

On Nov. 10, Wallace Richards, a 23-year-old Berkeley man who was set to re-enroll at San Francisco State University last month, disappeared. That morning, Richards had
dropped off a female friend at her job at a nightclub on Kearny Street in San Francisco. He had agreed to take her Mercedes in for an oil change and return to the club that night to pick her up. He never showed.

The car was found — undamaged and without any signs of foul play — a few days later in San Lorenzo.

Police say his credit cards and cell phone have not been used since Nov. 10. Richards, who is African American, is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

On Feb. 19, between 4 and 6 p.m., the man's family will hold a "Bring Wallace Home Benefit" at Phillips Temple CME Church, 3332 Adeline St., Berkeley, to raise money to continue the search. For more information, send an e-mail to findwallacenow@yahoo.com or visit http://www.wallacerichards.com.

Meanwhile, it has been more than two months since high-tech executive Jerry Tang, 40, has been seen. Tang has been missing since Nov. 29, when, sometime after 10 a.m., he left his Haight Ashbury-area home in San Francisco with his wallet, house keys and just enough seizure medicine to get him through the day.

Tang suffered a stroke three years ago and must take daily doses of Dilantin to prevent seizures. His family worries that he might be lost and disoriented after having had another stroke or a series of seizures because he is without his medicine.

"That's the (explanation) that seems most likely," said family friend Ingrid Overgard, 38.

Friends from as far away as London and the Boston area have come to the Bay Area to help search for the man they say would never willingly stay away from his wife and two young boys, Jonah and Ian.

The last physical police search for Tang was in December, when officers sent search-and-rescue dogs through Golden Gate Park and divers into the park's Stowe Lake, San Francisco police Inspector Angela Martin said.

Tang's friends focused their search in the park shortly after he disappeared because a park groundskeeper recalled offering an umbrella to a man he thought could be Tang. The lead was one of many that seemed hopeful but went nowhere.

Overgard said friends would not have kept up the search for Tang the way they have and continue to do if they believed he wanted to be missing.

You have to consider everything, she said. But when she thinks of Tang's two boys, with whom he spent much time, Overgard said she doubts he would have committed suicide or walked off without an explanation.

"It's just not something we would expect Jerry to do," she said.

Tang is Asian, 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and light freckles. A $10,000 reward for information that leads to his safe return is being offered.


Anyone with information about Texera or Richards can call Berkeley police Detective Rob Rittenhouse at 981-5741. Anyone with information about Tang should call the San Francisco Police Missing Person's Unit at (415) 558-5508.

Staff writer Susan McDonough contributed to this report.




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Still Looking for Daddy, Two Months Later

By Angela Pang, Feb 24, 2006

We really miss him and want him to come home so we can hug him … the kids are lonely without their dad,” Joyce Tang says softly.

Her husband of 14 years, Jerry Tang, has been missing for more than two months.

The San Franciscan whose case has galvanized citywide search efforts and extensive local news coverage, was last seen Nov. 29, 2005, at his Upper Haight residence at 8 a.m. Tang, 40, was wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans and brown shoes.

He was last heard from at 10 a.m. that same morning, when he called his wife to let her know he was feeling ill and not planning to go to his job as chief technology officer for the startup company Smalltown.

Tang had a stroke when he was 37, which left some problems with his balance and memory. He has had two major seizures since then and needs anti-seizure medication every 12 hours. A $10,000 reward has been set up for his return.

“We take it day to day,” Joyce, 39, says of how she and their children ages 4 and 7, are coping with his disappearance.

“The kids definitely keep me focused and not too depressed,” she says, adding that she tries to keep things as normal as possible for them.

Their school, the Chinese American International School, has been delivering meals to her house while her church has been donating groceries.

“All the help and support I’ve been getting is incredible and moving and keeps me positive,” says Joyce.

The Tang family has been receiving a great outpouring of support from Chinese, and Chinese American communities from China, Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia.

“Family friends originating in the close-knit group of Chinese Americans that we were part of in Boston are now here in the Bay Area, and have consistently been a core part of the search efforts,” said Joyce’s brother-in-law, Austin Tang. “My parents’ friends have stood at major intersections with the large posters to get the word out [while] many concerned parents from the children’s school have participated in searches, vigils and efforts to connect with media.”

According to Austin, though Jerry did not spend much time in Chinese American circles during college, it was only recently in thinking about his own children that these cultural values started reasserting themselves as priorities.

Shortly before he disappeared, Jerry and his two siblings had decided to sign up for a book club that would go over the classic texts of Chinese literature.

Tang’s family says he has never gone missing, and nothing like this ever happened before. However, Tang would go for long walks in the evening,

“I think walking gave him a chance to reflect on the many things that were going on at once in his life,” says Austin, 42, saying they were a kind of meditation.

“[Jerry] had to bear with a certain social pressure,” he said. “He knew that people who knew him were naturally constantly assessing him, wondering if he was the same person as the Jerry before the stroke.”

Although Linda Hee was Tan’s therapist over the last few years, she refused to assist in the search for Tang, citing doctor-patient confidentiality.

“I found this response profoundly odd and disheartening in view of what’s happening,” said Austin.

Hee had no comment.

The newest approach to the family’s extensive search effort has been to hire a part-time administrator for daily tasks such as following up on new sightings and checking hospitals for any John Does that match Tang’s description.

Tang’s co-worker, Hal Rucker, says they also have also been using the Internet. There is a large public Yahoo Group called findjerry and a public Wiki at http://seedwiki.com/wiki/jerry_tang/jerry_tang.cfm.

“I’m hoping at this point that he’s alive and has figured a way to keep himself eating and is sleeping in a warm place,” says sister Audrey.

“My brother is an incredible person and role model,” says Austin. “Even though I’m his older brother, I constantly look to him as an example of how to be a good father and husband.”

Tang is 6 foot-1 and weighs approximately 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone who can help should call the San Francisco Police Department at (415) 558-5508 and the Tang family




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Wife of missing San Francisco man to hold Golden Gate Park vigil

By Lara Moscrip, Bay City News Service

November 28, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - The family and friends of a San Francisco man who disappeared nearly a year ago plan to hold a vigil Wednesday evening in Golden Gate Park to keep the search alive for the husband and father of two young children.

Jerry Tang was last seen Nov. 29, 2005 leaving the family's Upper Haight neighborhood home, said his wife, Joyce Tang.

The candlelight vigil will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Panhandle section of the park, on the western side of Masonic Street between Oak and Fell streets, Tang said.

A wide network of friends, family and sympathetic strangers have kept up efforts to locate Tang, 40, with efforts ranging from distributing flyers to setting up a Web site.

Tang said her husband suffered a stroke a few years ago and was told by doctors to take medication daily to prevent seizures.

The musician Marcy Levy will perform at Biscuits and Blues at 401 Mason St. Dec. 8 in a concert to help raise awareness about Jerry Tang, she said.

The concert is organized by a group called Squeaky Wheel, which helps highlight different missing persons cases, Tang said.

"Jerry really liked music. He plays piano and keyboard. The vigil will be mostly a quiet event, but the concert is blues and it's more of a celebration of what Jerry liked in life," she said.

"We want people to still be aware, to keep looking. We want people to know he's still missing," she said.

Joyce Tang's Web site for her husband is at http://www.findjerry.org.



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A year later, wife and friends believe Tang is still alive
9 days ago A year later, wife and friends believe Tang is still alive

Nov 30, 2006 6:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - The kindness of strangers and the hope of her children have helped Joyce Tang get through the past year without her husband.

Tang’s husband, Jerry, disappeared on Nov. 29, 2005, after taking a day off because he was not feeling well. Tang, who has a medical condition that makes him prone to seizures, last spoke with his wife the morning he disappeared and he was last seen walking in Golden Gate Park, near McLaren Lodge. A year after the Haight-Ashbury resident disappeared, and as both his 41st birthday and the holidays approach, family, friends and authorities still have hope that they will find him, even though there are no leads in his case.

On Wednesday, family and friends held a candlelight vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of Jerry’s disappearance.

“I think there’s definitely been a lot of pain, but for me, having the kids around helps me get out of bed in the morning,” Joyce said. “It’s just been people still calling all the time and e-mail and just sending love and support.”

Police Inspector Angela Martin said the case is still open and she still receives reports of sightings.

“The case is still a very mysterious case,” she said. “We have no clues. There have been sightings that we believe to be credible but have not panned out. There have been reported sightings from Boston to San Francisco.”

There was a reported sighting of Tang, a father of two children, 5 and 8, and the former chief financial officer of the San Mateo-based startup Smalltown, in Golden Gate Park on Tuesday evening.

“I don’t get this full sense that, ‘Oh my God, it’s him,’ and run out there at night,” Joyce said about reported sightings. She added that “it’s hard to think after a year that he’s [still] in Golden Gate Park.”

There are no theories as to where Jerry might be or what might have happened to him, according to Martin, although authorities feel his medical condition may have played a role in his disappearance. Joyce said her husband did not drive a car, so if he got far, someone must have seen him.

Jerry’s longtime childhood friend, Steve Ginsberg, said friends and family continued to search for their loved one. He described the former best man at his wedding as the “best kind of person, just the kind of person that if you were around you could learn to be more gracious.”

“We have gotten on with our lives but it’s hard to say we wouldn’t do anything knowing Jerry could be right around the corner,” he said.

Joyce said the first thing she will do when she finds her husband is “hold him and never let him go.”

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November 29, 2006

Jerry Tang, One Year Later

One year ago, husband and father Jerry Tang disappeared from his Upper Haight apartment. He hasn't been seen since.

Tonight, his wife held a vigil in Golden Gate Park to remind people that Jerry is still missing and to encourage people to keep looking for him.

Jerry Tang had suffered a stroke a few years back, and required daily seizure medication to function -- his family thinks he may be alive but unaware of his identity.

There will also be two concerts by blues artist Marcy Levy at Biscuits and Blues (401 Mason Street) next week, Dec. 8, in honor of Jerry. These shows are sponsored by the Squeaky Wheel tour, which is part of a missing-persons awareness group.



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Magazine stirs hope for missing person

By Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff | February 25, 2007

Family and friends still searching for a former Framingham man more than a year after he mysteriously vanished got a boost from the latest issue of People magazine, which featured Jerry Tang among a handful of other missing persons.

Tang, a 1983 Framingham North High School graduate, was living and working in the San Francisco area when he disappeared on Nov. 29, 2005.

Joyce Tang, his wife of 15 years, hopes the national media attention will prompt new leads to her husband's whereabouts.

"I have moments of 'OK, we'll never see him again,' but that doesn't really get me anywhere," she said in a phone interview last week from her San Francisco home, where she lives with their two sons. "Maintaining the hope is what keeps me going."

Jerry Tang, 41, who worked as a high-tech engineer, had suffered a stroke in 2003 that triggered a seizure disorder requiring medication, his wife said.

His condition can lead to amnesia, she said, so the best hope is that he is alive but unable to get home.

Locally, friends are hoping the attention from the Feb. 26 issue of People will turn Tang into one of the success stories they now cling to in the news. Tang's disappearance has also been featured on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC television reports, as well as in several major newspapers.

"I know when I open the People magazine, it's going to freak me out," said Ashland resident Michael Getman, who has known Tang since high school.

"Maybe too much caved in for him and he just decided to leave, but he was a devoted father and husband. I don't have any explanation as to why, and I don't really care as long as he comes back," Getman said.

Joyce Tang, a nurse, said her husband was depressed due to financial stress and his medical problems, but she and his friends agree they can't imagine those issues prompting him to commit suicide or simply walk away from his family. And there has been no evidence of foul play.

Friends and family have followed up on tips, distributed fliers in both the San Francisco and Boston areas, lobbied for media attention, and created a website, findjerry.org. They have focused their searches among the homeless population, believing that is where he could end up if he became disoriented.

The outpouring of support from people around the country is a direct result of who Jerry Tang is, according to friends.

Simone Solondz, who met Tang when they were freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania, said she watched him grow from a funny guy to someone who cared deeply about the world -- and still managed to be fun and funny. The two lived on the same street in San Francisco for a decade.

He volunteered in a homeless shelter and was the type of friend who would offer to pick you up at the airport even if you were coming in at 4 a.m., she said.

"It was inspiring," said Solondz, who now lives in Providence. "He set an example and we all said, 'Oh maybe I should give blood or maybe I should be volunteering.' We're all making more of an effort to be like Jerry, be the one to talk to strangers and smile at people. Hopefully if nothing else, that good will come out of it."

Needham resident Noni Sutherland, who also went to college with Tang, said the continued efforts are "because he's such an exceptional person -- talented, funny, smart."

She recalled that Tang befriended a blind man in San Francisco and used to visit him and take him grocery shopping.

"He did stuff like that all the time," said Sutherland. "He was just a very giving person who had connections with people that most of the rest of us never talk to."

There was one strong lead in the Boston area last year, when a clerk at the downtown Lord & Taylor department store reported waiting on someone who looked like Tang, according to his wife.

She said she doesn't think her husband is in the Bay Area because the region has been so blanketed with coverage, she can't imagine he could remain hidden.

"I was really hoping this People magazine thing would bring in more exposure, tips and things," she said.

Joyce Tang said she misses her best friend and the boys, ages 8 and 6, miss their father.

But she still has hope.

"Is it harder after a year? Yeah," she said. "I never want to give up on him. He means too much to me."


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