{"id":57062,"date":"2026-04-24T16:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/80-year-old-wilmington-resident-missing-gold-alert-active\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:08:30","slug":"80-year-old-wilmington-resident-missing-gold-alert-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/80-year-old-wilmington-resident-missing-gold-alert-active\/","title":{"rendered":"80-Year-Old Wilmington Resident Missing, Gold Alert Active"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?resize=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>New Castle County Police have activated a Gold Alert as they search for an elderly Wilmington resident who vanished from his apartment complex Thursday night.<\/p><p>James Redding, age 80, was last spotted near his residence on Jacqueline Drive in the Brandywine Apartments complex around 9:00 p.m. on April 23, 2026. The apartment building is located in the 2500 block of the street.<\/p><p>Police report they have conducted thorough search operations but have not succeeded in finding Redding or making contact with him since his disappearance.<\/p><p>Authorities are asking anyone with information about Redding&#8217;s whereabouts to contact New Castle County Police immediately.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Castle County Police are searching for 80-year-old James Redding who disappeared from his Brandywine Apartments home Thursday evening. Officers have launched extensive search efforts but have not been able to locate or reach the missing senior citizen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":57061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777061309243.png?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eQm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66778,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/police-search-for-missing-41-year-old-wilmington-resident\/","url_meta":{"origin":57062,"position":0},"title":"Police Search for Missing 41-Year-Old Wilmington Resident","author":"Admin","date":"May 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Authorities have issued a Gold Alert for a 41-year-old man who disappeared from his Wilmington apartment complex Thursday morning. 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