A 75-year-old man who authorities say has cancer and depression has been reported missing in La Puente and Thursday Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating him.
Nicanor Chavez-Gomez was last seen at approximately 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 17000 block of Main Street, said Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Chavez-Gomez is Latino, 5 feet tall, weighs 145 pounds, has gray hair, brown eyes and a moustache. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and black jeans.
Chavez-Gomez is thought to be driving a black 2011 Chevy Malibu, CA License Plate # 6SPU717 with a possible destination of Bakersfield, Meza said.
Anyone with information about Chavez-Gomez or his whereabouts is asked to contact Det. S. Rincon of the sheriff’s Homicide Missing Person Unit at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.