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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Brock Holmes, 23   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, October 12, 2009 Family and friends await word on Monroe man who vanished last week Brock Holmes vanished last week. His family and friends hope people will watch out for a sign of him. By Katya Yefimova Herald Writer MONROE — Lori Bowling wants her son to come home. Brock Holmes, 23, left a friend's house in the 24000 block of Florence Acres Road late Wednesday. He never arrived home. Holmes has been living with his mother on Old Owen Road in unincorporated Snohomish County. Snohomish County Sheriff's officials last week found no signs of foul play, but Bowling is worried someone may have hurt her son. “Things were going really good,” she said Sunday. “And this is just not like him.” Holmes is white with red hair and blue eyes. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 178 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's tip line at 425-388-3845. Holmes had fallen on hard times recently. His mother said he fell in with the wrong crowd some time ago. He was without a home, struggling to make a living in Skagit County, when Bowling brought him to live with her in May. Holmes found a job at a Chevron gas station on U.S. 2 and was putting his life back together. “He's a good-hearted kid,” Bowling said of her son. “He doesn't see the bad in people.” Friends and family members are trying to keep Holmes' story out there, hoping someone will find him. Bowling's friend and neighbor Debbie Castillo, also 43, helped her post flyers around the neighborhood. Castillo and her daughter took posters to businesses all the way to Gold Bar. “We are a small community and we have everyone looking,” she said. Bowling has been staying with family in Marysville. Her phone was ringing off the hook Saturday: wishes from friends, false sightings of her son. On Sunday evening, she was still waiting for good news. “We are pretty much doing whatever we can,” Bowling said. “I just want everyone to keep their eyes open.” Katya Yefimova: 425-339-3452, kyefimova@heraldnet.com. READER COMMENTS Log in or register to post new comment | Log out To the family of Brock Holmes---- I live in the area, even though I dont know this young man I felt I needed to do something to help. I am on facebook, so I sent out all the info on Brock to everyone that I know and told them to keep sending it out to all of their friends and family. My prayers are with you and brock to come home safe. trisha sherman | Oct 12, 2009 9:33 am | 2 replies | View all | Post reply | Request removal

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