Family appeals for help to find missing Alaska man in northern B.C.

The family of Anthony Adevai, a 70-year-old Alaska man who went missing in B.C. nearly two weeks ago, is reaching out to Canadians and hoping for any information to help find him.

RCMP say Adevai was last seen on Nov. 29 near Kinaskan Lake, along the Stewart-Cassiar Highway south of Dease Lake, B.C. He was driving himself home to Alaska after visiting family and attending his brother's funeral in Oregon.

B.C. RCMP have issued a missing person bulletin, and Adevai's family is using social media to spread the word about his disappearance. 

Adevai's daughter, Tiffany Adevai, said her family is concerned that Adevai may have been suffering from dementia, and they're offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to his safe return.

"That's in United States currency, which I hear is a little bit more in Canada," she said.

"This man is so loved by his family and we miss him and we just want him back, no matter how that is, what shape or form."

Truck found abandoned

​Tiffany Adevai says she last spoke to her father when he called from the road, in Cache Creek, B.C., after leaving Oregon earlier that day. She said he was "feeling good" and had planned to continue driving through the night.

Further up the road, Tiffany says, a plow truck driver met her father near Iskut, B.C., and later said Adevai had seemed "disoriented, disconnected, and that he seemed frightened." 

Tiffany says her father's truck was found abandoned by the highway the next day. His suitcase, passport, insulin, and other belongings were inside.

"Basically, everything was left there except for him and his wallet," she said.

Tiffany believes her father may have been picked up by another driver, but in a confused state due to his "severe medical issues and necessities."

Police describe Adevai as Caucasian, six feet tall and 190 pounds, with glasses, grey hair and a full grey beard.