Authorities Monday are seeking public help to find a 70-year-old man with dementia who went missing in Watts.
Rodney Dwayne Bates was last seen Tuesday about 1 p.m. near his home in the 1400 block of West 103rd Street, near Ted Watkins Memorial Park, in Watts, according to Deputy Juanita Navarro-Suarez of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Bates has dementia and difficulty seeing, according to Navarro-Suarez.
He was wearing a blue hat, blue shirt, blue pants, blue sweater and black Nike sandals.
Bates is described as Black, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 200 pounds, with brown eyes, a beard, and a bald head, Navarro-Suarez said. He has scars on his head and his left leg is thinner than his right leg.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts was encouraged to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500. Those wishing to report anonymously can call 800-222-TIPS.