Police Seek Missing Elderly Man With Dementia

Philadelphia police are seeking the public’s help to locate an elderly man with dementia who has been missing from the Roxborough Memorial Hospital since Friday.

Police say William Newhouse, 72, is missing and endangered. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday but went missing later that day.

Newhouse is described as being 6’2” and weighing 225lbs. He has a medium build, gray close cut hair, a fair complexion and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue pants, brown shoes, white socks and brown or black slippers. Newhouse should also be wearing a Roxborough Memorial Hospital bracelet.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Newhouse should contact Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353/54 or dial 911.