Community turns out to search for 71-year-old doctor who’s been missing for five days

HOLLAND, Ohio – Loved ones and community members spent Sunday searching for a 71-year-old doctor who has been missing since Tuesday.

Dr. Cletus Iwuagwu was last seen around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday in the Stone Oak area of ​​Springfield Township. Police say he left his home on foot and never returned. He is said to be 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh around 180 pounds.

Despite multiple searches by police using drones and K-9 teams, no trace of Iwuagwu has been found.

On Sunday, Iwuagwu’s daughters joined dozens of volunteers from the Stone Oak community in searching the area where she was last seen.

“He’s a community person. He’s dedicated his life to taking care of others. It’s only right that we try to find him and bring him home,” said Siti Dotson-Chambers, a community member who helped organize the search.

Dotson-Chambers said she reached out to her daughter after seeing online posts about Iwuagwu’s disappearance. A large number of people attended the call for volunteers on Facebook.

He said, “We don’t know which direction he went. It looked like he didn’t go in the car. At this point, we don’t have a lot of answers. We just want to find him.”

Iwaagwu’s eldest daughter, Kaneisha Byers-Smith, urged the public to remain vigilant.

“Please keep your eyes open. If you see anything, if you hear anything, please reach out to me, any of my sisters, my husband. We’re active on Facebook,” Byers-Smith said.

She said although her father’s disappearance is tragic, the community’s support has given her hope.

“Our father is active in the community. He cares for his patients and loves them. He has taken care of an entire village his entire life. So for him to put on a village show means the world to us. We thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts,” she said.

Police ask anyone with information about Iwaguvu’s whereabouts to contact the local Lucas County Sheriff’s Office at 419-213-4900.