88-year-old Manhattan man with dementia is missing from home, NYPD says

Police are urging New York City residents to look out for an octogenarian who went missing from his apartment building in Manhattan on Sunday.

NYPD officials said 88-year-old Osvaldo Acosta was last seen around 4:30 p.m. as he left his home at NYCHA’s Elliott Houses on West 25th Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea.

Acosta has dementia and was wearing a white medical bracelet at the time, according to authorities.

Police said Acosta has brown hair and a black mustache and is about 5’11” and 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, a black hat, black pants and gray shoes.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit their tips on the Crime Stoppers website.

This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and may be updated.