A Silver Alert was in effect Saturday in Los Angeles County on behalf of an at-risk 71-year-old man who authorities say has a medical condition that requires medication and was last seen in Lancaster over a week ago.
Roman Sanchez was last seen shortly before 6 p.m. on March 4 on the 1600 block of West Avenue J near 15th Street West, according to the California Highway Patrol, which activated the alert on behalf of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Friday.
Sanchez was described as a 6-foot-1-inch-tall Latino man weighing 230 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information regarding Sanchez’s whereabouts was urged to call 911.
The Silver Alert program was established by the CHP to issue and coordinate alerts involving the unexplained or suspicious disappearances of elderly, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired individuals.