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LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB)
Tuesday April 19th, 2022 :: 06:09 p.m. PDT

Advisory

*UPDATE-FOUND* #LASD Advising At-Risk Missing Person Taurus Lynn Ratcliff has been #found #Compton

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Person Unit is advising Taurus Lynn Ratcliff has been found.
  
Thank you to the public, the media, Aero Bureau, and deputy personnel for their tireless efforts in the search for Mr. Ratcliff.

Forwarded by:  
Deputy Raquel Utley
Sheriff's Information Bureau  
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department  
211 West Temple Street,  
Los Angeles California 90012  
213-229-1850 
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ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit Detectives are asking for the public’s help locating missing person Taurus Lynn Ratcliff. He is a 62 year-old male Black who was last seen on January 9th, 2022 at 6:22 a.m., near the 1000 block of West Magnolia Street in Compton.
 
Taurus is 5’6” tall, 175lbs with brown eyes and bald hair. He was last seen wearing gray shorts and black/red tennis shoes.
 
Mr. Ratcliff is diabetic and diagnosed with Dementia.
 
His family is concerned with his well-being 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 Raquel Utley
Sheriff's Information Bureau  
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department  
211 West Temple Street,  
Los Angeles California 90012  
213-229-1700  
http://www.lasd.org    
 
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Alex Villanueva, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 
 
 

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