Cincinnati Marine veteran found safe in San Diego

UPDATE @ 12:15 am. (April 17): San Diego sheriff's deputies found Anthony "Tony" Pastura.

He was found safy by an off-duty deputy in Chula Vista, the sheriff’s office tweeted Saturday night.

Pastura arrived in the San Diego area Wednesday, WCPO reported.

UPDATE @ 5:30 p.m. APRIL 15:

The Marine veteran reported missing from Cincinnati is believed to be in the San Diego area, WCPO reports.

According to Hamilton County sheriff’s spokesman Mike Robison, sheriff’s detectives received word from San Diego police that Anthony “Tony” Pastura, 33, arrived in their area around 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 13.

Hamilton County sheriff’s detectives are working in conjunction with the San Diego Police Department’s Central Division and Missing Persons unit in an attempt to locate Pastura, Robison said.

ORIGINAL REPORT, APRIL 14:

Cincinnati police reported a local U.S. Marine veteran “critically” missing Wednesday.

Anthony “Tony” Pastura, 33, served multiple combat tours and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. Police officials said Pastura has threatened suicide in the past and was last seen Monday.

"He has three children, so I was really in shock then that something's going on with him or whatever," family friend Vicky Giesting told our news partner WCPO 9 On Your Side.

Pastura, of Anderson Twp., is possibly driving a dark blue, 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Ohio license plate “169YIE,” according to police.

Anyone with information on Pastura’s whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Kevin Manos at 513-851-6000 or CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040.