Search resumes for missing WSJ reporter

New Jersey authorities have resumed searching for missing Wall Street Journal reporter David Bird, who has been missing since Jan. 11, reports Louis C. Hochman of NJ.com

Hochman writes, “Hundreds of people had been involved in the search for Bird, 55, after he went out for a walk Jan. 11 and never returned. For several days, rescuers from several area agencies amassed in and around Long Hill, looking through fields, checking the Passaic River and its banks and knocking on doors. State Police flew overhead as dive teams ventured into the river. County Park police were out looking on horseback and on ATVs,

“Outwardly visible signs of that search died down over time.

“‘During the winter months and extreme weather the investigatory portion of the investigation had continued,’ police said in the Facebook update. ‘All leads were followed up on and unfortunately there has been no confirmed information that would assist with locating David Bird.’

“Bird is required to take medication for a liver transplant twice a day, police have said. He left the medication home when he went out for his walk, they said.”

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