Police Looking For Missing 79-Year-Old Upper West Side Man: NYPD

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 79-year-old man last seen leaving his apartment Sunday afternoon at 340 West 85th Street.

The missing man's name is Charles Hill, and police describe him as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 240 pounds, brown eyes, Black, with balding, short gray hair.

Police said he was last seen wearing a beige jacket, khaki pants, black shoes, and uses a cane when he walks.

The 340 West 85th Street address is home to the Valley Lodge, a senior and supportive housing facility that offers low-income housing for older New Yorkers. Valley Lodge also serves older citizens living with serious mental illnesses, homeless individuals, seniors living with disabilities, and grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.