A body has been found near an abandoned car that was the focus of an investigation to find a missing Riverside County man.
A search and rescue team made the discovery at around 11 a.m. Monday while looking for war veteran Robert Cricks in the Fallbrook area of San Diego County.
A silver alert, which is similar to an amber alert, had been issued after the severe dementia sufferer drove off while his wife went into a McDonalds in Murrieta last Thursday.
She had taken the key fob, however the vehicles ignition system allows it to idle without the key, according to Riverside County Sheriff's Department deputies.
While his wife was inside Cricks got into the driver's seat and drove off down Winchester Road toward Temecula. Since he did not have the key fob, if the engine was shut off he could not start it again.
Deputies had been searching Riverside County and San Diego County for several days, and on Sunday evening they finally found cricks the in northern Fallbrook around 10 miles southwest from his starting location. The next day a body was found near the car off Deluz Road.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner is working to identify the body.
