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LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB)
Tuesday July 28th, 2020 :: 05:59 p.m. PDT

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#LASD is Asking for the Public’s Help Locating At-Risk Missing Person Theadore Anthony Melendrez, #Lancaster

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person Theadore Anthony Melendrez. He is an 85 year-old male Hispanic who was last seen on July 19, 2020, on the 45000 block of Challenger Way, Lancaster.

Theadore is 5’10” tall, 140lbs, and brown eyes, short grey hair and a mustache. He also has a big scar on his left leg/shin. He was last seen wearing unknown clothing but usually wears a black “Korea Vet’ Hat.

Mr. Melendrez suffers from Alzheimer’s. His loved ones have not seen or heard from him. They are very concerned and asking for the public’s help. 
 
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500.  
 
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org 
 
Forwarded by:  
Deputy Trina Schrader  
Sheriff's Information Bureau  
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department  
211 West Temple Street,  
Los Angeles California 90012  
213-229-1700  
   
Website: http://www.lasd.org    
 
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Alex Villanueva, Sheriff  
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 
 

 

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