A Thurston County man has been missing since the evening of Feb. 28, when he was last seen apparently hallucinating in the area of the 19200 block of Old Highway 99 Southwest in the Grand Mound/Tenino area.
Matthew Anfeldt, 20, hasn’t been seen since the incident, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are asking property owners or residents in the area to check their properties for any sign of the man, or to allow deputies to make a search..
At 5:27 p.m. on Feb. 28, deputies responded to the 17800 block of Old Highway 99 Southwest after a woman reported Anfeldt, her neighbor, was behaving erratically.
“The behavior included ranting (that) this family was injured or dead and ‘they were after him,’” according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.
Anfeldt then reportedly jumped a fence and ran into the road, where several vehicles had to swerve or stop to avoid him.
He jumped onto a car and in the bed of a truck before running away.
Eight minutes later, another 911 call reported Anfeldt was in the Speedway Grocery store in the 19200 block of Old Highway 99. A person at the store reported he was acting “panicked” and had dried blood around his mouth. He reportedly continued to say his family had been killed and someone was after him.
Anfeldt reportedly ran away again and no one has seen or heard from him since, according to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies contacted his family and learned that his claims were unfounded. There is a possibility Anfeldt was under the influence of drugs of some kind, according to the sheriff’s office.
“TCSO is in the process of mounting a search team with canines to search areas relevant to the last location known for his sighting,” the press release states.
To report information on Anfeldt’s whereabouts, contact the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office at 360-786-5500.
