Deputies, CHP search for man with Alzheimer’s who went missing in Bellflower

BELLFLOWER — The Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol circulated a photo of a diabetic 75-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who went missing Sunday morning in Bellflower.

Jose Fausto Rivas was last seen about 1 a.m. at his home in the 9300 block of Cedar Street, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau reported. The CHP issued a Silver Alert for help in finding him.

Rivas was described as a 5-foot, 10-inch tall Latino man weighing 175 pounds with gray hair, brown eyes and a mustache.

Anyone with any information regarding his whereabouts was asked to call the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500. Anyone seeing him should call 911, the CHP said.