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**Silver Alert**  #LASD Missing Person’s Detail Seeking Public’s Help Locating Missing 87-year-old Man from Norwalk 

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing person.

The missing person, Joe Arteaga, was last seen leaving his residence in Norwalk, at 12:10 p.m., on Saturday, January 2, 2016. He left driving a black, 1999 Jeep Cherokee, 4-door, with a California license plate 4EUY630, en route to the Walmart in Norwalk. He has not been heard from since.

Mr. Arteaga is described as a male Hispanic, 87-years-old, 5’08, 135 lbs, balding grey hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a United States Marine Corps (USMC) baseball cap, a USC red jacket, blue jeans, and his eye glasses.

His family is very concerned and is also asking for the communities help.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Person’s Detail at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Crystal Hernandez, Deputy

Aura Sierra, Sergeant

Sheriff's Information Bureau - Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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