VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) - The San Diego Sheriff's Department says a missing 59-year-old man with severe dementia and schizophrenia has been found safe.
The sheriff's department says Alin Ramon Cox went missing from the Vista Family Health Center on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 10. Cox was located around 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and is now back home safe and in good health.
You can read 10News' original story on Cox's disappearance below.
VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) – The San Diego Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 59-year-old man with severe dementia, schizophrenia and short-term memory loss.
Alin Ramon Cox left the Vista Family Health Center on Thursday, Nov. 10, at about 2:40 p.m. Cox possibly walked to the North County Transit District (NCTD) bus stop at 760 South Santa Fe at around 3:30 p.m., the sheriff's department said in a press release.
He does not have a phone with him and is unfamiliar with the Vista area.
It's unclear if his intention was to go back to his home in San Marcos, and he has a prior residence in the Hotel Circle area in San Diego.
According to an NCTD bus driver, a person matching Cox's description was dropped off in Escondido in the area of Rock Springs Road and Mission Avenue at around 10:45 p.m.
Cox is 6'2" tall and weighs about 205 pounds, with red hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a pink/burgundy backpack, blue hoodie, pants and shoes and had a cane with him.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's department's non-emergency line at 858-565-5200. You can also call the Vista Station at 760-940-4551.
