An 83-year-old man who suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure has gone missing in Palmdale and sheriff’s detectives asked the public for help locating him Saturday.
Luis Ribera Alarcon was last seen Saturday at 7 a.m. on the 38500 block of Fifth Street East, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Alarcon requires medication daily and his family is concerned for his well-being, sheriff’s officials said.
Alarcon is Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 170 pounds, bald, with brown eyes, last seen wearing a green shirt, green shorts, white baseball cap and walking on crutches.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.