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Bride's Father Goes Missing After Wedding In Delta

WALNUT GROVE (CBS13) – What started out as a wedding party in Walnut Grove has turned into a search party.

Sheriff's deputies are now asking for your help locating this bride's father who went missing in the Delta more than 24 hours ago.

This recreational area along the Delta has turned into the staging area for the search, and a lot of searchers looking for 55-year-old Shiva Ram Prasad Moparti.

Search and rescue crews are canvassing the area. Searchers are on boats, in the air and on the ground, but there is still no sign of the father.

The father of the bride went missing after a wedding ceremony at the Grand Island Mansion. Family realized he was missing Saturday afternoon.

Family says he was feeling a little sad and not himself after the wedding and decided to take a walk. That was around the time everyone was packing to leave to the Bay Area. They spotted him walking towards the bridge. His daughter believes he may have collapsed or tripped.

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