Methuen Man Missing After Leaving Beach Vacation Home Barefoot

METHUEN, MA — A 60-year-old Methuen man is considered missing and endangered after he was last seen leaving his Hilton Head, South Carolina vacation rental home barefoot Friday morning, according to authorities.

Stanley Kotowski left the South Sea Pines Drive area home around 10:30 a.m. while on a family vacation with his wife and son, the family told WHDH.

"He had, like, really bad insomnia for about a month," Kotowski's wife Jackie told the outlet. "This is like, a brand new thing. He doesn’t have dementia. His anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse. And he started to get a little paranoid. He thought someone was chasing him."

Kotowski is approximately six feet tall and weighs around 200 pounds with short brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a dark-colored Coors Light T-shirt and dark-colored shorts, officials said. He did not bring any personal items like a wallet or phone.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office has teamed up with other agencies to deploy police dogs, helicopters, drones, boats, and foot patrol teams to search for Kotowski, according to authorities.

The sheriff's office urged locals to check their security cameras and urged anyone with relevant information to contact their non-emergency dispatch line at 843-524-2777.