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Police Seek Missing 83-Year-Old Newark Man With Dementia, Diabetes

Eladio Rivera, who has dementia and diabetes, was last seen in the 400-block of Mt. Prospect Avenue

What to Know

  • Police are searching for an 83-year-old Newark man with dementia who was reported missing on Saturday
  • Eladio Rivera, who has dementia and diabetes, was last seen in the 400-block of Mt. Prospect Avenue
  • Rivera is 5-foot-2, weighs 135 pounds and was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, jeans and a black surgical boot

Police are searching for an 83-year-old Newark man with dementia who was reported missing on Saturday.

Eladio Rivera, who has dementia and diabetes, was last seen in the 400-block of Mt. Prospect Avenue, Newark’s Department of Public Safety said.

Rivera is 5-foot-2, weighs 135 pounds and was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, jeans and a black surgical boot on his left foot, the department said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the department’s tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS.

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