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Police Find Missing Mountain View Man Feared Dead

MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) -- Mountain View police have located a man reported missing Thursday after his family said he had written suicidal text messages to them, a police dispatcher said.

Joseph Kao, 56, had last been seen in Mountain View at 134 Castro St. at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

His family said they heard from him Thursday when they received the suicidal text messages at 2:47 p.m.

Police were not immediately releasing how and where they found Kao, the dispatcher said.

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