Search Continues For Missing Nazareth Teacher

Police in California continue to search for Matthew Greene, a Nazareth area teacher reported missing last month after he went hiking in the Eastern Sierras.

On Tuesday, the Mono County Sheriff's department said searchers had looked for Greene near Mount Ritter and Mount Banner. Both ground and air searches turned up nothing, the department said in a news release.

Meanwhile, supporters took to Twitter to help with the search for Greene, a 39-year-old math teacher from Bethlehem, with Twitter uses reaching out to TV news personalities like Nancy Grace and Rachel Maddow.

The last person known to have talked to Greene did so on July 16, according to police. At the time, he was camping at the Shady Rest Campground, while his car was being repaired at a local shop, police said.

But he has not returned to the campground or the repair shop to pick up his car since.

It is believed that he may have gotten a ride from someone to a remote area to hike or climb, police said.

Greene is “an avid hiker, rock and ice climber,” family and friends have told police. He arrived in Mammoth Lakes on June 27 to hike, camp and mountain climb in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information about Greene’s whereabouts to call the Mammoth Lakes Police Department at (760) 934-2011 or the Mono County Sheriff’s Office at (760) 932-6549 X7.

There's also a Facebook page for the search: Find Matthew Greene.