Crime & Safety
Man, 80, Reported Missing From Long Beach Care Facility
Police said the man suffers from unspecified medical problems and is known to use public transportation.
LONG BEACH, CA – Police Wednesday sought public help to find an 80-year-old man who went missing from his care facility in Long Beach.
Edward Dephoure was last seen about noon Tuesday at the facility in the 6500 block of Lemon Avenue.
About two hours later, the care facility received a call from someone who said he was with Dephoure in the city of Los Angeles, but was unable to stay with him, police said.
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Dephoure suffers from unspecified medical problems and is known to use public transportation, according to police.
Dephoure is white, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes. He was wearing jeans, a gray sweater and gray tennis shoes.
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Anyone with information on his whereabouts was urged to call police at (562) 570-7246, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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