A 50-year-old San Francisco man who had been reported missing in early January has been found dead inside his Guerrero Street apartment building, less than a week after family members pressed the SFPD to prioritize the case.
The body of a gay San Francisco man whose family traveled from Illinois last week to look for him has been found, according to an announcement made late February 15.
The mother of Christopher J. Woitel, 50, last heard from the Guerrero Street resident January 9, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Today, the San Francisco Police Department and the medical examiner notified us that they have located Chris, a statement from the Woitel family reads. It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you of Chris passing. Please help us by preserving Chris legacy in your memories. Thank you for your love and caring support through these very difficult times.
San Francisco Police are seeking the public s help finding a gay man who went missing early last month seemingly without a trace.
The mother of Christopher J. Woitel, 50, last heard from the Guerrero Street resident January 9, according to an SFPD news release February 10.
Having lived in San Francisco since his 1988 graduation from high school in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside Chicago, Woitel is known to frequent Emeryville and Sonora in Tuolumne County, the statement reads, adding that he is a white male, 5 foot, 10 inches tall, 200 pounds and with brown hair and brown eyes.
Mark Guarino, who is handling media relations for the Woitel family, disclosed Woitel s sexual orientation to the Bay Area Reporter February 11 and that his family members are traveling to the Bay Area this week. They plan to distribute fliers outside Woitel s apartment Friday, February 12, at 1 p.m.
Emeryville Police have talked to a person who claims to have knowledge of the whereabouts of a gay San Francisco man who disappeared early this year, according to a family member, as San Francisco Police seek the public s help in finding him.
The mother of Christopher J. Woitel, 50, last heard from the Guerrero Street resident January 9, according to a February 10 SFPD news release.
Woitel s brother Michael Woitel, 45, is one of six siblings and lives in Illinois. He told the Bay Area Reporter February 12 that the Emeryville Police Department is in touch with a homeless man in the East Bay city who claimed to know that Woitel had been murdered.