Search underway for non-verbal man missing from Torrance

CBS News Los Angeles

Sheriff's detectives Monday asked the public for help locating a 77-year-old man with dementia, who cannot speak, and who disappeared from Torrance.

Jesus Gomez Mercado was last seen at about 11:50 p.m. Sunday in the 22000 block of South Vermont Avenue, according to the Sheriff's Information Bureau.

He is described as Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 150 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing a white shirt, gray sweater and gray pants.

Anyone with information on Mercado's whereabouts was asked to call the Missing Persons Unit t 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

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