Help find Sean Sidi

Since Sean vanished a year ago, Claude, Danielle and I have battled crippling grief, despair and depression. At times, HOPE seemed elusive amidst the pain of Sean’s disappearance. 

An anonymous caller recently reminded us that there is always HOPE. This is his STORY. 

The caller said that 15 years ago he suffered a traumatic brain injury. One day – during the early stages of his recovery, he was suddenly beset by a jumble of thoughts, voices in his head, and a loss of memory. He felt compelled to leave. For 2 years, he wandered homeless (& MISSING) and lived off the kindness of those around him. After a 2 year period had passed, the caller slowly regained some of his memory – and was able to contact his family. 

We can only HOPE that WE will be lucky enough to be reunited with SEAN one day soon. 

To everyone, including Sean’s FRIENDS returning home from college FOR THE SUMMER, please keep your eyes open for Sean among the HOMELESS. Sean may not remember his name, his former life or YOU. 

However, we hope that YOU will recognize SEAN (& call us)!! 

In Hope,

The Sidi Family 

PS, Thank you to all who volunteered to distribute Sean’s flier shirts. The mailing/deliveries will go out on Thursday and Friday. 

PSS.  Please email lynnkching@yahoo.com if you would like a flier shirt for yourself and/or anyone else willing to wear the shirt. 

See www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi for more information on the search for critically injured Sean Sidi, age 19, missing from San Francisco, CA since May 21, 2013. Sean, age 19 (time of missing), is 5’5”, 120 lbs, slim build; Asian/White; dark brown hair & eyes; WEARS SILVER DENTAL BRACES; has dimples; right eye droops slightly. Sean may not know his name and may be disoriented due to a traumatic brain injury suffered shortly before going missing. He is in urgent need of medical care.

More pictures from the 'Walk for Sean' on Saturday May 17, 2014. We'll post others to an album. Channel 4 did a very nice, & fairly lengthy story on the 'Walk for Sean'. Channel 7 and Channel 2 showed brief clips. We are grateful to the media for providing the much needed exposure to locate Sean. According to the National Center for Missing Children, 1 out of every 6 missing children is found by photo recognition.

See www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi for more information on the search for Sean SIDI missing from San Francisco, CA May 21, 2013. (9 photos) — with Alex Martinez and Danielle Sidi. (7 photos)

Request By Sean’s Sister, Danielle

Save the Date: SAT May 17th  -   Time: TBD

What: Walk for Sean 

May 21, 2014, will mark 1 year since our beloved Sean (SIDI) vanished from San Francisco. CA without a trace….NO cell phone, bank card, email, FB or other activity for nearly a year. On that day, EVERY parent’s worst nightmare occurred!! Out of left Field, WITHOUT WARNING & Forever Changing Our Lives. 

We know there are NO guarantees that we will find SEAN, or even find answers as to what happened to him. Nonetheless, we continue to do what EVERY parent would do – KEEP THE SEARCH ALIVE!!

ON SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014, we invite YOU to join US in walking Sean’s last known route the day he vanished. HELP US KEEP AWARENESS OF THE CONTINUED SEARCH FOR SEAN ALIVE & DEMONSTRATE THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. 

ROUTE: We will start at FAIS-HIS (French American Int’l School/International School) at 150 Oak Street, San Francisco. Sean attended FAIS/IHS from K-12, and visited with a former high school teacher @ 11:40 am the day that he vanished, May 21, 2013. This was the LAST TIME Sean was seen alive. We will WALK to Golden Gate Park, the pinged location of Sean’s last phone call (with his dad). AT THE END OF THE WALK, we hope to hear from special guests, including K-9 Forensics, the dog search and rescue team who searched for Sean in December. 

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!! 

For more information about the search for critically injureed Sean Sidi, 19 yrs., missing from San Francisco May 21, 2013, please see www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR SEAN, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE HOMELESS!! He has suffered a recent brain injury and may be disoriented and not know his name and/or his prior life. is 19 yrs. old, Asian/White, 5'5" 120 lbs and slim build, dark brown hair & eyes, wears silver dental braces, has dimples, and scar on right forehead from brain surgery. 

Picture of Sean & Danielle doing one of their FAVORITE THINGS!! Both started skiing at age 3, and spent many years "in training" with dad, Claude!

Sean has been missing for over 10 months, now. We are PAINFULLY AWARE that Sean has NOT used his cell phone, bank card, email, or FB SINCE HE VANISHED from San Francisco, CA on May 21, 2013.....If Sean is alive, we know that significant medical issues are likely present. Still, we continue to pray and hope for a miracle.

Recently, friends JENNY & OPIE arranged for all federal buildings from Sacramento to Los Angeles to display an electronic version of Sean's missing person flier!! Thank you Jenny & OPIE for doing this!!

If anyone has other ideas as to how we may further keep the search for Sean alive, please let us know. We would welcome any help.


In Hope,


Lynn, Claude & Danielle

P.S.  We still have thousands of fliers sitting in boxes- & would LOVE to mail a packet of fliers to anyone (anywhere in the U.S.) wiling to post. Please send a message on FB or email lynnkching@yahoo.com with your address, if you would like Sean's fliers mailed to you.

For more information about the search for critically injureed Sean Sidi, missing from San Francisco May 21, 2013, please see www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR SEAN, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE HOMELESS!! Sean is 19 yrs. old, Asian/White, 5'5" 120 lbs and slim build, dark brown hair & eyes, wears silver dental braces, has dimples, and scar on right forehead from brain surgery. He has suffered a recent brain injury and may be disoriented and not know his name and/or his prior life.

Sean (right) w/good friend Paul (pre-injury photo) on the American River.  Second photo of Sean (with braces), recovering at home after the accident and 2 brain surgeries, doing well - with the potential for a good recovery.

Over the past 10 months since our son, Sean SIDI went missing from San Francisco on May 21, 2013, we have been blessed with the support of MANY -

Recently Lynn (Sean's mom) received an email from a street youth who was a former missing person, who we will call 'MM'. MM has lived in Golden Gate Park and is wise to the ways of the streets. She also has been on the look out for Sean (SIDI) - for some time now. MM is aware that Sean suffered a life threatening traumatic brain injury shortly before going missing, and may not be cognizant of who he is/we are.

THE email from MM said:

"I tried with a group to find Sean at GGP (Golden Gate Park). I was a missing youth for a few years and I know that a young person can be successful and healthy with his injuries. PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP HOPE."

Thank you MM for your letter of HOPE, AND for searching for Sean!! 

Lynn, Claude & Danielle SIDI

SOME COMMENTS POSTED ON www.facebook.com/findseansidi:

         Renee Callantine That's a wonderful photo. I was at the US District Court in San Jose yesterday and they have Sean's flyer prominently displayed on a stand next to the elevators. You are certainly doing the best you can possibly do to find him, and I pray that he comes home soon.
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FIND SEAN SIDI Really? Thank you SO much for letting us know Renee! Thank you also to the person(s) responsible for getting Sean's flier there! In part, HOPE comes from knowing that awareness of the search for Sean is still alive. Thanks to social media and most of all - to SO MANY COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE - we stand a chance of finding Sean. At minimum, I hope that the search for Sean brings awareness to the 2,000 people who go missing every day & how public awareness CAN make a difference to many who go missing. MANY missing (of which a good number are like Sean, that is, vulnerable and at high risk due to a cognitive medical condition) are found by alert, caring members of the public. In Hope, Lynn (Sean's mom

For more information about the search for brain injureed Sean Sidi, missing from San Francisco May 21, 2013, please see www.facebook.com/findseansidi orwww.seansidi.com. 

Sean is 19 yrs. old, Asian/White, 5'5" 120 lbs and slim build, dark brown hair & eyes, WEARS SILVER DENTAL BRACES, has dimples, and scar on right forehead from brain surgery. He has suffered a recent severe traumatic brain injury and may be disoriented and not know his name or prior life.

Photo of Sean with dad, Claude @ April 2012 at U of Colorado, several months before Sean's brain injury/accident in Nov 2012. Second photo of Sean & sister Danielle at U of Colorado Boulder. Sean LOVES to ski and was looking forward to getting in some skiing while attending U of Colorado (at Boulder). Sean went missing from San Francisco, CA May 2013. 

We have boxes and boxes of Sean's fliers we would like to distribute.   We will gladly mail a packet of Sean’s missing person flier to you ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. Please email lynnkching@yahoo.com with your mailing address, or send a message on FB to have a packet of Sean's fliers mailed to you.

No new news. We are at a loss as to next steps. Please keep Sean (SIDI) and our family in your prayers, as we surely need them. 

Sean has always loved the water. In beach photo, Sean (2nd from right) is in Hawaii, just a few months before his accident/brain injury, with sister Danielle & cousins Rachel, Sydney & Gareth. Sean was about to start college at U of Colorado. Sean (2nd from left) regularly went whitewater rafting with dad, Claude & (both their) friends. 

We have 12,000 of Sean’s missing person FLIERS, sitting in boxes.... If you or anyone you know in ANY STATE (particularly California or any of the WESTERN states), are willing to POST Sean’s fliers, and/or distribute them to soup kitchens and shelters, please message Lynn on FB or email lynnkching@yahoo.com with your/their address, and we will mail you or your friend(s) a packet of Sean’s fliers. 

www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com for more information about the search for critically injured Sean SIDI, age 19, missing from San Francisco, CA May 21, 2013.