PASQUOTANK CO., NC — A federal firefighter and U.S. Marine who hadn’t been heard from for days has been found, according to Tim Welsh, president of the local International Association of Fire Fighters union.
Family members and fellow firefighters had grown increasingly worried about 23-year-old Pedro Aparicio after he failed to report for his scheduled shift earlier in the week. Welsh told News 3 that the tight-knit crew became alarmed when Aparicio stopped communicating altogether.
They said it was unlike him to miss work or turn off his phone.
Aparicio, who works primarily inside the gates of naval installations in Hampton Roads, was last seen on Horseshoe Road in Elizabeth City, according to the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office.
Welsh said Friday that Aparicio has been located. No additional details about his condition or the circumstances surrounding his disappearance were immediately released.
This is a developing story.
