A 58-year-old Crafton man has been missing since Tuesday morning after leaving behind his wallet, cell phone, credit cards, and an apology note that worried his sister enough to call police. Crafton Borough Police are now running an active, multi-agency search for Edward Skeva across Crafton and neighboring Ingram, using drones, K-9 units, and trained search teams.
According to WPXI, Skeva was reported missing on Tuesday, and police have been combing both boroughs since. Per reporting from TribLIVE, Skeva is 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs between 225 and 230 pounds, and has gray hair. He was last seen around 8:30 a.m. that day leaving his residence at 66 Bradford Avenue in Crafton Borough, where he lives with his sister.
The note he left behind is what transformed this from a routine missing-person report into an urgent search. TribLIVE reported that Skeva left his wallet, phone, credit cards, and an apology note telling his sister he might not be in a good mindset, following recent financial difficulties. Those details, combined with the fact that he left his phone behind, have driven the scale of the response.
No Car, No Trail to Follow
Complicating the search is the fact that Skeva does not own a vehicle, according to the same TribLIVE report, leaving investigators without a vehicle description, a travel direction, or any known destination. That gap has pushed searchers to focus on footpaths, bus routes, and pedestrian corridors near his home rather than roadways…