Crime & Safety

La Mesa Area At-Risk Missing Man Found Monday

The at-risk 76-year-old San Diego man went missing at 5 a.m. one day earlier.

LA MESA, CA — San Diego police found a 76-year-old man with a medical condition one day after he was reported missing.

Tausuai Tafilele was last seen about 5 a.m. Sunday in the area of 6000 Cervantes Avenue, police said.

Early Monday afternoon, SDPD officials alerted residents that Tafilele had been located.

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Details about his daylong disappearance were not released.

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