FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Virginia State Police has issued a Critically Missing Adult Alert on behalf of the Fairfax City Police Department as authorities search for a 75-year-old man who was last seen Tuesday afternoon in Fairfax.
The alert was issued at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday for Ralph Christian Jones, whose disappearance investigators say poses a credible threat to his health and safety.
According to the alert, Jones was last seen around 3 p.m. Monday in the Queen Anne Drive area of Fairfax.
Authorities described Jones as a white man who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 170 pounds, and has gray hair and blue eyes.
Police said he may have been wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans, green hiking shoes and glasses when he disappeared.
Investigators determined that Jones' disappearance presents a credible threat to his health and safety, prompting the issuance of the statewide Critically Missing Adult Alert.
Anyone with information about Jones' whereabouts is asked to contact the Fairfax City Police Department's 24-hour dispatch at 703-385-7924. Anyone who sees Jones should call 911 immediately.
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