Missing in Reno, William “Bill” Spence, 79, is without needed medication

Spence went missing Saturday afternoon, October 31, 2026, with Kietzke Lane identified as his last-seen street. Reno police have asked the public to remain alert and report sightings or information that could help locate him, according to local reporting by KRXI2 and KOLO.⁠1⁠2

The latest KRXI2 report checked for this article still described Spence as missing. Whether he has since been located, and whether he has access to his medication and the assistance he needs, could not be established. A direct police confirmation of the alert’s current status was not available.

Police describe Spence as a white man with gray hair and blue eyes. They provided the following age, approximate height and weight in the missing-person information reproduced by KRXI2.⁠1

He was last seen wearing a gray jacket, a green shirt and blue jeans, along with a baseball cap described as gray or green. The cap’s color is uncertain; neither color should be treated as the definitive description. The remaining clothing details are not presented with that same uncertainty.⁠1

That distinction matters for a public appeal built around recognition. Someone looking for Spence should have the description police actually supplied, including its limits, rather than a more definite version that the available information does not support.

Officers responded at about 3 p.m. on October 31 to the 5200 block of Kietzke Lane after a report of a missing endangered elderly man. That is the documented police response time—not a verified time when someone last saw Spence. The available reporting gives no exact last-seen time.⁠1

There is a similar distinction in the location information. Kietzke Lane is identified as the last-seen street, while the 5200 block is specifically identified as the place officers responded. The reporting does not independently establish that block as the exact point of his last sighting.⁠1⁠2

The street and response location give readers a geographic reference, but they do not establish where Spence went afterward. Reporting the response as though it were a confirmed sighting would give the search a precision the published account does not have.

Police say his recent move may leave him struggling to navigate his surroundings or find his way home. That concern sits alongside the reported difficulties with memory and mobility: being unfamiliar with the area is another practical obstacle, not simply background to his disappearance.⁠1

The available alert does not identify a diagnosis, name the medication Spence needs or say how long he has been without it. It establishes a medical concern without providing enough detail to characterize his condition further. The immediate issue is locating him and establishing whether he has the help he needs.⁠1

Anyone with information about Spence’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Reno Police Department’s non-emergency line at 775-334-2121. Secret Witness also accepts calls or texts at 775-322-4900, and information can be submitted through its online tip form. These are the reporting channels published with the appeal.⁠1

The emergency instruction is separate: if Spence is located and appears to need immediate medical assistance, call 911. The distinction keeps the request for information about his whereabouts separate from the need for an emergency medical response if someone finds him in distress.⁠1

The unresolved outcome is more than whether a sighting has been reported. It is whether Spence has been found and has access to the medication and assistance he needs. The checked report does not establish that outcome, and it should not be read as confirmation of either a recovery or the alert’s present police status.