Search Continues For Broncos Fan Who Vanished During Game

DENVER (AP/CBS4) - Relatives of a Broncos fan who went missing during last week's game are wondering how a man with no known health or personal problems could seem to vanish without a trace.

Family and friends of 53-year-old Paul Kitterman have been searching for him since Thursday night's matchup with the San Diego Chargers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

"He was super-excited. He was just amazed, and I mean even the size of the place, we were super-excited," his stepson Jarod Tonneson said.

Tonneson said he has not been seen since he left his seat in Section 230 to meet friends during halftime. Tonneson filed a missing persons report with Denver police, scoured the sprawling stadium, called local hospitals and detox centers and taped fliers around the city.

"We just don't know what else to do," Tonneson told The Associated Press on Monday. "Paul is a simple guy. He doesn't like technology, he doesn't get into drama. He's just an easygoing guy."

The two went to the game with two of their friends after a day spent working and hunting at another friend's ranch in Kremmling, a small town in the mountains of northern Colorado.

Kitterman and Tonneson, both construction workers, hurriedly made the 100-mile trip to the stadium after a friend offered tickets. It was Kitterman's first time there. In their haste, Kitterman forgot his cellphone, took no credit cards and very little cash.

Still, Kitterman had memorized his friends' phone numbers and would have found ways to reach out if he wanted to leave. He had four or five beers in the course of a four-hour span, not enough to become disoriented, Tonneson said.

"We were there until 1:30 in the morning," he said.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said detectives don't suspect foul play, but he would not elaborate. He said police were trying to support the family in their search.

Denver police said there's a chance Kitterman went missing of his own accord.

"Adults have free will and free choice, and there's no crime against going missing," Jackson said.

But Tonneson said the police don't seem concerned enough: "(The police) just don't seem too worried about it being that he is a grown man."

His parents live in Arizona and his siblings in Missouri, but Kitterman has few contacts in the Denver area, Tonneson said.

"He wouldn't just take off, you know?" Tonneson said. "He wouldn't leave me there."

Tonneson is hoping Sports Authority Field officials will look at the security footage.

"Look at it, tell them exactly where we were at what time and see where Paul went after everyone left him and while I was still in the bathroom to see where he went between – it was a 5 to 10 minute window," Tonneson said.

- By Sadie Gurman, AP Writer

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