Cold, wet conditions threaten missing Broadview Heights man with dementia
Nak Sung, 69, left home without money or a phone and is known to use public transit, prompting a urgent appeal for help.
By Anthony Lawson ·
Police in Broadview Heights, Ohio, are asking the public for help locating a 69-year-old man who has early-onset dementia and has been missing since Thursday morning.
Nak Sung was last seen walking out of his home on Emerald Creek Drive at 7:51 a.m. on November 5. He is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 149 pounds. He has black, balding hair and brown eyes. At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a dark-colored hoodie, a green vest jacket, blue jeans, and a gray baseball cap.
Sung left without a wallet, phone, or other belongings. He did not inform anyone of his destination. His wife reported him missing on Saturday after he failed to return. Police note that this is not his first disappearance under similar conditions. In July, he was found at the Brecksville Reservation after spending approximately four days alone in the Cleveland Metroparks.
The Broadview Heights Police Department issued an Endangered Missing Adult Alert citing immediate danger due to the wet, cold weather and Sung's lack of resources. The alert states that Sung is known to travel using the RTA transit system.
Anyone with information regarding Sung's whereabouts can contact the Broadview Heights Police Department at (440) 526-5400.
