Concern grows for missing San Francisco radio host Jeffrey Vandergrift

Jeffrey Vandergrift, a radio host on San Francisco’s Wild 94.9 station, has been lacking since final Thursday, police mentioned. 

The San Francisco Police Division’s Lacking Particular person Unit put out a request for the general public’s assist in finding Vandergrift, who’s also referred to as JV. Vandergrift, 54, is described by the division as being “in danger.” 

In a information launch, Wild 94.9 mentioned that Vandergrift was reported lacking this previous Friday. The station, owned by iHeartRadio, calls itself the Bay Space’s “#1 hit music station,” and Vandergrift hosts “The JV Present” and a number of podcasts overlaying movie star information, viral traits and popular culture. 

Vandergrift was final seen at his house on Thursday evening, at round 10 p.m., the division mentioned. He was final seen sporting black sweatpants. Police mentioned that anybody who sees Vandergrift ought to name 911 and report his present location and bodily description. 

In response to Wild 94.9, there was “no trackable exercise” on Vandergrift’s cellular phone, and there was no exercise on his bank cards or different banking data. 

“These updates are clearly extremely worrisome, although we proceed to hope and pray for higher information,” the radio station mentioned, including that they had been working carefully with Vandergrift’s spouse and investigators from the police division. “JV is liked by everybody right here … and we all know he’s equally beloved by his Bay Space listening household.”