Hinkson’s family said he was currently serving as a priest of pastoral care at All Saints Church in Durham. Before moving to the Triangle nine years ago, Hinkson had served for 40 years as a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and then the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He served churches in Los Angeles, Houston and Miami.

Update [August 7] Durham police said they have found a car belonging to a missing man. Seventy-one-year-old Kent Hinkson’s vehicle was located Wednesday night in the 1800 block of Williamsburg Road in Durham. Hinkson is still missing, however.

DURHAM (WTVD) — Family and friends of a missing Durham man formed a search party Wednesday afternoon in his Woodcroft neighborhood.

Durham police say they have been actively searching for 71-year-old Kent Hinkson since his wife reported him missing Monday evening [August 4].

Jeline Hinkson explained her husband, who does not have any known cognitive impairments, vanished without a trace.

He took their only car, a red Hyundai Sonata, to run errands around 3 p.m. Monday. She said he was going to the Wells Fargo, Rite Aid and the grocery store to pick up some lettuce for their dinner they had planned with friends that night.

Jeline said she knows Kent made a deposit at the bank but doesn’t know what happened from there.

Jeline called 911 around 6:30 p.m. Monday. So far, there has been no sign of her husband or their car he was last seen driving.

She said it has been difficult not to assume the worst.

“My gut feeling is that someone has taken advantage of him and overwhelmed him,” she said. “If he could come back here, he would be here with us today.”

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