A Dallas businessman who vanished after a trip to the gym has been reclassified as “endangered,” police said.
The search for Alan White, a 55-year-old accounting executive missing since late October, was upgraded Friday from “want to locate” to “endangered missing person” due to recent developments in the ongoing investigation, Dallas police said.
“Detectives are actively investigating all workable leads into the report of Mr. White,” police said in a statement. “Detectives are also actively communicating with Mr. White’s family.”
A Dallas police sergeant told The Post Tuesday that a recent discussion with White’s family prompted detectives to upgrade the active search for him.
White’s husband, Rusty Jenkins, said the KPMG exec never returned home on Oct. 22 after going to an LA Fitness in Dallas. Surveillance video shows White leaving the facility about an hour later, and going to a nearby RaceTrac gas station about one mile away from the couple’s home, KXAS reported.
Alan WhiteDallas Police Department“It was hard to watch because it’s a mile from the house,” Jenkins told the station. “So something happened in that one mile. Something drastically happened in that one mile.”
Dallas cops discovered White’s Porsche SUV about a week after he disappeared, but no sign of him was found. Investigators also saw no damage to the vehicle or signs of a struggle, KXAS reported.
“Your mind goes through all these scenarios of what could’ve happened,” Jenkins continued. “But it’s all just kind of guesses until we get some facts or some leads. But your mind plays games all day of what did happen, what could’ve happened.”
A reward for information leading to White’s whereabouts has been increased to $20,000.
White’ brother, meanwhile, said they had plans to visit their mother in Florida this week for her 83rd birthday.
“We should all be together right now,” Tim White told Dateline NBC. “Instead, we’re just worried sick about where Alan could be.”
White said his brother had no known enemies and likely had no reason to willingly disappear, particularly after starting a new job as a managing director at KPMG in February.
White’s niece was also visiting Dallas on the weekend of his disappearance and the pair planned to look at wedding venues the day after he vanished, NBC News reported.
“We’re trying to hold out hope,” Tim White said. “But it’s been a month. Five weeks on Thanksgiving Day. So it’s really tough. We just want to know where he is.”
