Crime & Safety
Update: Pasco Deputies Need Help to Find Missing, Endangered Adult
The Wesley Chapel man hasn't been seen since Saturday.
Update: Dudley Pitchford has been located. The sheriff's office said checked himself into Florida Hospital Zephyrhills.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help from New Tampa residents to locate an 86-year-old man reported missing from Wesley Chapel.
Dudley Pitchford, 86, was last seen on Saturday, March 3, when he left his home driving a 1999 gold Ford Taurus with the license plate C82 5RI.
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According to a sheriff’s office media release, Pitchford is 5 foot, 6 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds. He has white hair and blue eyes. There is no description of the clothing he was wearing at the time of his disappearance.
Pitchford may “be suffering from some medical issues dealing with the effects of old age,” the release said.
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Anyone who has seen him is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 727-844-7711.
Editor's note: This article was updated at 4:49 p.m. March 5.
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