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News brief: Missing Lacey man found wandering in Nisqually Valley area

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said the 45-year-old Lacey man who went missing on Wednesday has been found and is safe and back with his family.

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Marcos A. Sanchez

Marcos A. Sanchez was discovered walking along a road in the Nisqually Valley area about 10:30 last night, sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin said.

“He was wandering around lost, he was under the influence of something, we don’t know what,” Elwin said.

The lieutenant called it very bizarre.

“He’s physically okay, but he was not real cognizant of where he was,” he said.

Sanchez, a construction contractor, left his home on Wednesday morning and had a job site that day on the Tacoma waterfront.

He was reported missing Thursday night and his truck was found abandoned in a shopping center parking lot in the Hawks Prairie area.

Elwin said he was transported home last night.