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Philadelphia PD Searching For Elderly Man With Dementia, Alzheimers

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Philadelphia Police Department seeks the public's assistance in locating an elderly man who went missing Friday.

Cruz Rodriguez, a 76-year-old man who suffers from dementia and Alzheimers disease, was last seen in the area of Lee Street and Somerset Street, according to police. He was reportedly last seen wearing a white New York Yankees baseball hat, a white, yellow, and blue plaid shirt and blue jeans.

He is also diabetic and has high blood pressure, police say.

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Rodriguez is described as 5-foot-5 inches , 140 pound with brown eyes, short, gray hair and a dark complexion.

white New York Yankees baseball hat, white, yellow, and blue plaid shirt and blue jeans.

Police ask anyone with any information on Rodriguez's whereabouts to contact Central Detective Division at 215-686-3043(4) or call 911.

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