BELLEVUE, Ky. (WXIX) – The search for a critically missing 64-year-old man in northern Kentucky is expected to resume at daylight Monday.

First responders will return to the Ohio River as well as a wooded area between the water and his Bellevue home, according to Mike Ward, Campbell County EMA response manager.

Mark Bertram’s search extended to a wooded area Sunday evening into Monday morning before being called off at 3 a.m. because search and rescue teams were “exhausted,” Ward said.

Bertram left his Berry Avenue home early Sunday and has not been seen since, according to Bellevue Police Chief Jon McClain.

A K-9 from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office followed Bertram’s trail from his home on Berry Avenue where he was last seen around 8:30 p.m. Saturday to Lafayette Avenue where it ended at the river , the chief told FOX19 NOW.

Boone County Water Rescue joined the search by boat Sunday evening and used underwater sonar technology to try to find him.

“We’re trying to find him before any harm can be done,” the chief said Sunday evening.

Bertram’s family noticed him missing around 2 or 3 a.m. Sunday, according to the police chief.

Around 8 or 9 a.m., a disappearance report was filed and the search was launched.

Mark left his cane, cell phone and wallet at home, the chief said.

He is described as 5’8 with white hair and walks with a noticeable limp due to a hip injury.

His family told authorities he changed his clothes before leaving the house. So they don’t know exactly what he was wearing, but he will be wearing brown moccasins, police wrote in a social media update.

Anyone seeing Mark is asked to call 911.

Campbell County Land Search and Rescue (LandSar); Bellevue police and firefighters along with the Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team searched Bertram’s neighborhood and surveyed the area of ​​the 30 block of Berry Avenue.

Earlier Sunday, first responders warned residents in a social media post on the police department’s Facebook page: “Don’t be alarmed if you see flashlights shining in and around your yard. »

Just before midnight, Ward told FOX19 NOW that two new K-9s were joining operations.

The search and rescue dogs come from Pendleton County Search and Rescue and the Kentucky Search Dog Association of Grant County, he said.

“We’re still looking.” We are not going to cancel anything at this time. We’re going to keep looking,” Ward said.

“The leader wanted us to exhaust all our efforts. We have search and rescue units. They are always ready to continue. As long as they are, we will continue to do our best.

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