Now that three months have passed with no confirmed sightings of Graham Lacher, the autistic/schizophrenic man who fled Bangor’s Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center on June 6, his family is offering a $500 reward for information leading to a successful reunion with him.

 

“We have patiently waited, trusting the system to locate our son, and the system has failed us,” said Tammy Lacher Scully, Graham Lacher’s mother and legal guardian. “My son has a life-threatening medical condition. He needs immediate medical care. And then we need to find him a place to live where he feels safe and can be as independent as possible.”

 

According to Scully, there is no official active investigation or search for her now 38-year-old son.

 

“I don’t think the public realizes we’re the only ones actively looking for him,” said Scully.

 

She and her husband, Jack Scully, and Graham’s stepmother, Kim Lacher, are being helped by two other key people: volunteers Brandy St. Louis Baron of Veazie and Robert Kearns of Bangor.

 

“That’s it—five people trying to cover the entire state of Maine,” says Scully.

 

“We need more help. We need the public to look hard. We think someone may be helping him, believing they’re doing a good thing,” she said. “Please, please believe me when I say we want the best for Graham—we want him healthy and fed and as free as he can be. We have always offered him the option to live on his own, and he has always chosen to live with assistance from us or others. This disappearance comes from his illness—from the voices in his head that threaten his own safety.”

 

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Graham Lacher should message the Facebook page MissingGrahamLacher or contact the Bangor Police Department at (207) 947-7384 (NCIC #M396825302). A $500 reward will be paid if the information provided results in Lacher being reunited with his family.

 

Lacher is 5’11”, approximately 200 lbs., with long brown hair and beard, blue eyes, and black-rimmed prescription eyeglasses. He avoids contact with people and should not be called out to or pursued. If possible, a photo or short video should be taken to assist with identification. If he is seen entering the woods, the point of entry should be identified as accurately as possible so that searchers can begin looking for him. While Lacher went missing in Bangor, the family has expanded the search to the rest of the state.