Silver Alert issued for missing McKinleyville man after hospital discharge
James Robert Jaworski, 77, vanished after an Uber took him from a McKinleyville hospital discharge. He was last seen barefoot, in a blue-and-gray jersey.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who saw James Robert Jaworski near the 2100 block of Terra Vista Place in McKinleyville to call 707-445-7251. Jaworski, 77, was last seen wearing a blue-and-gray jersey and was not wearing pants or shoes.
Jaworski was discharged from a local hospital on July 7, 2026, at about 10 p.m. He was picked up by an Uber and was supposed to be dropped off at his home in McKinleyville, but he never arrived.
The sheriff’s office identified Jaworski as an at-risk missing person. He is described as a white man, about 5-foot-7 and 190 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes.
The California Highway Patrol is issuing a Silver Alert, the state’s emergency notice for vulnerable older adults. CHP criteria for the alert include a missing person who is 65 or older, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired, a case in which local resources have already been used, and a disappearance that is unexplained or suspicious. California Government Code section 8594.10 allows CHP to activate the alert in the requested area and, if a vehicle is involved and identified, use changeable message signs to spread the information quickly.
The California Silver Alert program was created through Senate Bill 1047 and became law in 2012.
Anyone who lives or works near McKinleyville, especially around Terra Vista Place, can still help by checking porches, driveways, outbuildings, trail edges and security footage from the evening of July 7 and the morning of July 8. Tips can be called in to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251. The California Department of Justice also maintains a missing-person hotline at 1-800-222-FIND, or 1-800-222-3463.
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