Police urgently seeking Elk Grove man, 78, who walked away from his home Monday
Update: A Thursday morning post on Elk Grove Police Department’s Twitter account said Kiflit Ghebremariam remains missing: “Mr. Ghebremariam is still missing. We are working hard to find him.”
Original story:
California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert Tuesday afternoon for the Elk Grove man now missing more than 24 hours after walking away from his home Monday morning.
Kiflit Ghebremariam was last seen 10:30 a.m. Monday at his home in the area of East Taron Drive in Elk Grove. Ghebremariam has a medical condition that makes him at risk, police said. He is 5 feet 8 inches and was last seen wearing black shoes, dark blue pants and a white shirt. His head was freshly shaven and he has no facial hair.
The Silver Alert notification disseminates information about missing persons, particularly seniors, in order to assist in locating them.
Elk Grove police urgently continued their search Tuesday morning for the 78-year-old man who walked away from his home nearly 24 hours earlier, but Elk Grove police had no new information on his whereabouts early Tuesday afternoon, said Officer Jason Jimenez, a department spokesman.
Elk Grove police and local authorities searched through the night Monday, dispatching a helicopter over neighborhoods announcing his description and last whereabouts over loudspeakers and placing calls to Elk Grove homes and cellular phones.
Anyone with information is urged to call Elk Grove Police Department at 916-714-5115 or 911.
This story was originally published August 10, 2021 at 9:27 AM.
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