Authorities sought the public’s help Thursday in locating a 58-year-old Duarte man who went missing in September and whose abandoned vehicle was found about two weeks later.
Rudolpho “Rudy” Mejia, who suffers from depression and cardiovascular complications, was last seen about 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 as he left his home on Vineyard Avenue in Duarte, according to Deputy Jeffrey Gordon of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
He was driving a white 2015 Dodge Ram, California license plate 02899W1. The pickup truck was found abandoned on Sept. 13 in Azusa Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains, Gordon said.
Mejia is Hispanic, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 230 pounds with short brown hair and blue eyes. He is missing his bottom front teeth, has a small vertical scar on his left knee and was wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans when last seen.
Anyone with information regarding Mejia was urged to call the sheriff’s department’s Missing Persons Unit at (323) 890-5500 and ask for Detective Abraham or Sgt. Nunez.
Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
–City News Service