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Missing man found dead in car accident |
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Written by Maddy Houk / Patterson Irrigator /
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007 |
A Patterson man died early Monday in a car accident near Interstate 5 after he seemingly disappeared Friday morning.
 Curtis
The vehicle, which had been going at an undetermined rate of speed, continued down a steep dirt embankment for about 200 feet before overturning and crashing into the Del Puerto Creek bank. Curtis, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.
Curtis’ girlfriend, Tessa Garcia, said she had known him for eight years, and he had many friends in Patterson.
“The best way to describe Glen is he lit up the room when he walked into it,” Garcia said Tuesday morning. “He was a really neat guy — he could make anybody laugh. I knew when he walked in somewhere and heard his voice we were going to have a great time.”
Curtis, a house painter who owned Inside Out Painting, had been missing since he stepped outside client Lisa Borg’s home at about 11:15 a.m. Friday.
He had not been heard from throughout the weekend, and family and friends notified the police and searched local hospitals. Friends also searched for his large brown-and-tan work van, which had a Harley-Davidson insignia and flames pictured with his company logo.
Borg, a friend of Curtis, said the painter had finished his lunch, and she thought he had gone outside to smoke a cigarette. Curtis left his paint roller out and paint can open and was ready to work. He also left his cell phone in the home.
“His soda was sitting here; his sandwich was sitting there,” Borg said. “Every time he takes a break, he tells me what he’s doing.”
Borg called Garcia an hour later after Curtis failed to return.
Garcia said she felt something was wrong by early Friday afternoon when no one had heard from Curtis.
She said it was unlike Curtis to leave without his cell phone or money.
“It’s totally out of character for him,” she said.
To reach Maddy Houk at the Irrigator, call 892-6187 or e-mail her at
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