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88-Year-Old LA Man With Walker Missing Since Thursday

Authorities are asking for help finding 88-year-old Israel Villaescusa whose mental condition is described as poor.

Israel Villaescusa was last seen near Pico Boulevard and Normandie Avenue Thursday between 4:30 and 5 p.m.​, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Israel Villaescusa was last seen near Pico Boulevard and Normandie Avenue Thursday between 4:30 and 5 p.m.​, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. (Los Angeles Police Department)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are asking for help finding an 88-year-old man who went missing from the Harvard Heights area on Thursday.

Israel Villaescusa was last seen near Pico Boulevard and Normandie Avenue Thursday between 4:30 and 5 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

"Israel uses a walker, and his mental condition is poor," according to the LAPD.

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Villaescusa is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants and black crocs shoes.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call the LAPD Olympic Station at 213-382-9110, or 877-LAPD-247.

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