An appeal went out to the public for help locating a 78-year-old man with dementia who went missing from La Mirada early Monday.
John William Swicegood was last seen at 12:30 a.m. on the 14500 block of Bora Drive, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
He is white, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 150 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes, wearing a green shirt, blue medical pants, a medical bracelet and a silver ring.
Anyone with information on Swicegood’s whereabouts was asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.