{"id":315433,"date":"2026-10-27T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315433\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:44:08","slug":"pittsburgh-missing-man-with-dementia-in-mount-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/315433\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh missing man with dementia in Mount Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Pittsburgh Police Bureau&#8217;s Special Victims Unit is asking for help to find a missing man with dementia.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Eric Velez, 62, was reported missing at about 12:37 p.m. Monday from Dilworth Street in the city&#8217;s Mount Washington neighborhood, public safety officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;He has been diagnosed with dementia, memory loss issues, and may require medical attention,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b45cc799-d221-493b-ba49-153ea5ff1730.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Public Safety<\/p>\n<p>Eric Velez<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b45cc799-d221-493b-ba49-153ea5ff1730.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Velez is described as about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing dark pants, a black sweatshirt, a tan coat with a white fur collar, and a dark-colored baseball cap with &#8220;Shammy&#8221; on the front.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Velez is asked to call Pittsburgh police at 412-323-7141 or call 911.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4fa4e851-a336-4681-9ce8-397508eaf08c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Public Safety<\/p>\n<p>Eric Velez<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4fa4e851-a336-4681-9ce8-397508eaf08c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pittsburgh Police Bureau&#8217;s Special Victims Unit is asking for help to find a missing man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61060,79,128646,23509,128643,128642,3575,17898,1399,3640,7525,73,75,74,745,44387,14094,51766,128644,128645],"class_list":["post-315433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-black-sweatshirt","tag-city","tag-dark-colored-baseball-cap","tag-dementia","tag-dilworth-street","tag-eric-velez","tag-foot","tag-inch","tag-man","tag-missing-person","tag-mount-washington","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-police","tag-pittsburgh-police-search","tag-public-safety-official","tag-special-victims-unit","tag-tan-coat","tag-white-fur-collar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}