{"id":99652,"date":"2025-08-27T01:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99652\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:22:11","slug":"search-continues-for-missing-toronto-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/99652\/","title":{"rendered":"Search continues for missing Toronto senior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto police are appealing for the public to help locate a 75-year-old man with Alzheimer\u2019s who has been missing since Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said Edward was last seen on Aug. 23 at 3 p.m. in the area of Victoria Park Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEdward suffers from Alzheimer\u2019s, leading to periods of short-term memory loss, and we are concerned for his safety,\u201d said Duty Insp. Errol Watson during a news conference on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He added that Edward is taking medications for various medical conditions. Watson said the 75-year-old is also hearing impaired but was not wearing his hearing aid when he went missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is described as five-foot-five, weighing 165 pounds with a medium build, short grey hair, a grey beard and blue eyes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/T7Q4CTGW45DAZFAIQHCNJ6FTQ4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Edward Edward seen in this undated photo has been missing since Aug. 23, 2025. (Toronto police handout) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Edward was last seen wearing a navy blue baseball hat with \u201cSDL\u201d in yellow writing, a dark grey golf shirt, black shorts and black running shoes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Watson said Edward is known to walk a great deal and frequents the areas of Lebovic Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East as well as Pharmacy Avenue and Ashtonbee Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are asking residents in the area to please check your security cameras, backyards, sheds, stairwells or any secluded areas where Edward may have sought shelter,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cJust go outside, take a peek. Check the shed, check the backyard. You might find this individual, Edward. It\u2019s really, really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Watson said police have been in constant communication with family, with whom Edward lives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are continuing to use all measures possible to be able to find Edward,\u201d he said, noting that the 75-year-old has gone missing before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police are asking anyone who may have seen Edward to contact them at 416-808-4100 or call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police are appealing for the public to help locate a 75-year-old man with Alzheimer\u2019s who has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-99652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}