Family Of Missing Detroit Man Asks Public For Help
DETROIT (WWJ) - The family of a missing 71-year-old Detroit man is hoping the public can help find him.
LJ Blevins has been missing since July 16. His daughter, Doris Gunter, said he was last seen in the family's backyard, doing yard work.
"Me and him had been working in the yard and different stuff like that because I had been trying to get him tired so that he'd come in and take his evening medication and get his nap and go on to sleep. But this particular day I came inside. Me and my son and my grandson and his friend was here. And my son was outside and I told him watch your granddad. And that's the last time I saw him."
Blevins, who is described as having fair skin, walked away from his home in the Livernois, Joy Road area.
"With him being 71 years old and not on his mind, at times he's thinking about work and then with early stages of dementia. Livernois, I guess, looks like Michigan Avenue to him. So he's thinking he's on Michigan Avenue thinking 'I'm going home,' you know because he's so used to living by himself."
Blevins was last seen wearing a white t-shirt over a blue shirt, green stone-washed jeans and black sandals.
Anyone with information on Blevins' whereabouts is urged to contact Detroit Police at 313-267-4600 or call the DPD tip line at 313-596-2313.
