Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 | 11:07 a.m.
A man who was reported missing last month after leaving Las Vegas for Northern California apparently made it at least as far as Barstow, Calif., authorities said.
John William Albertson, 56, can be seen on a surveillance tape buying gas at the American Travel truck stop in Barstow on Jan. 29, the day he left Las Vegas, San Rafael Police said today. Albertson used his credit card to buy the gasoline, police said. The new information is helping investigators focus the search for Albertson to the area between Barstow and Bakersfield.
On Jan. 31, police found Albertson's 1993 red Nissan Sentra parked near some shops in Bakersfield. A shop owner in the area told police that five men were seen walking awayfrom Albertson's car.
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