UPDATE: Mattie's Call Issued for Missing Alzheimer’s Victim

UPDATED: Rufus Holcomb has been located. The Clarkston Police Department received a call from employees at Kids World Daycare, 1144 North Indian Creek Drive, in Clarkston at approximately 2:00 p.m. on 2/10/12.  Holcomb is unharmed and in the process of being reunited with his family. (From DeKalb Police Dept.)

The DeKalb County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Lithonia man, Rufus Holcomb, 76, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. 

Police say Holcomb was last seen at his home, 3502 Eagle Rise, at about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9. He is believed to have walked away from the location and headed in an unknown direction.

Holcomb is a black male with a light complexion, 5 feet 9 inches, weighing about 149 pounds. He is believed to be wearing pajamas or blue jean overalls, a khaki jacket with several baseball team logos, a black baseball cap and black gym shoes.

Officers were notified about the disappearance around 2 a.m. this morning, police said. A search of the area by uniform and K-9 officers was unsuccessful, so a Mattie’s Call was issued. 

Reverse 911 calls have been made to residents in the vicinity of Holcomb’s home, and neighboring police jurisdictions have been notified about his disappearance. 

Anyone with information in this case is asked to call the DeKalb County Police Department’s Special Victim’s Unit at (770) 724-7710.