East Harlem Man Reported Missing, Police Say

EAST HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is trying to locate a man who was reported missing in East Harlem, police said.

Candido Acosta, 65, was last seen in his home on East 105th Street early Monday morning, police said. Acosta lives in a building in the New York City Housing Authority's East River houses and was last seen around 2 a.m., police said.

The man is described as standing 5-foot-7 and weighing about 185 pounds. Acosta is bald and has brown eyes, police said. Police to not know what kind of clothing Acosta was wearing at the time he went missing.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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