A 78-year-old man who authorities said has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia was reported missing Monday after last being see in Paramount.
Gabriel Montano Plasencia, also known as Gabi or Gube, was last seen at 1:30 p.m. on the 7500 block of Happy Street, near Garfield Avenue, said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Plasencia is Latino, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, has black hair, green eyes and a gray beard. He was last seen wearing a hat, a short sleeve flannel shirt, a white undershirt and dark green pants, Koerner said.
Anyone with information about Plasencia or knows of his whereabouts was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau’s Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online atlacrimestoppers.org.