Courtesy of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Courtesy of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Authorities Sunday sought the public’s help in locating an 87-year-old man who went missing Saturday and was last seen driving away from his home in Norwalk en route to an area Walmart.

Joe Arteaga was last seen about 12:10 p.m. Saturday driving a black, four-door 1999 Jeep Cherokee with California license plate 4EUY630, said Deputy Crystal Hernandez of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Arteaga was described as a 5-foot-8, 135-pound Latino man with balding gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a United States Marine Corps baseball cap, a red USC jacket, blue jeans and eye glasses, Hernandez said.

Anyone with any information regarding Arteaga’s whereabouts was asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Person’s Detail at (323) 890-5500.

–City News Service

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