Toronto police ask for help to find missing 75-year-old man | CBC News
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Toronto police requested public assistance to locate Edward, a vulnerable 75-year-old man who went missing in Scarborough on Saturday around 3 p.m. He suffers from Alzheimer's disease and experiences periods of short-term memory loss. He takes medication for multiple conditions and is hearing impaired; he was not wearing his hearing aides when he disappeared. Edward is known to walk long distances and frequents Eglinton Avenue E., Lebovic Avenue, Pharmacy Avenue and Ashtonbee Road. Police described him as five feet five inches, 165 pounds, with short grey hair, a grey beard and blue eyes, last seen in dark-coloured shorts and a navy blue baseball hat.
Toronto police are asking for the public's help to find a vulnerable 75-year-old man who went missing in Scarborough on the weekend. Edward was last seen on Saturday at about 3 p.m. in the area of Victoria Park Avenue and Lawrence Avenue E., according to Duty Insp. Errol Watson, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service. Edward suffers from Alzheimer's disease, which has caused periods of short-term memory loss. He takes medication for a number of conditions and is hearing impaired, police say.
He was not wearing his hearing aides when he went missing. "He's known to walk a great deal," Watson said. Edward is known to frequent Eglinton Avenue E. and Lebovic Avenue as well as Pharmacy Avenue and Ashtonbee Road. Watson urged residents in these areas to check their security cameras, backyards, sheds, stairwells and any other secluded areas on their properties where Edward may have sought shelter.
TorontoNew Police describe Edward as five feet five inches, 165 pounds, with a medium build, short grey hair, a grey beard and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing dark-coloured shorts and a navy blue baseball hat. (Submitted by Toronto Police Service) Toronto police are asking for the public's help to find a vulnerable 75-year-old man who went missing in Scarborough on the weekend.
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