EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — It has been over a month, and El Paso police still need help finding a 61-year-old man with a mental disorder who was last seen leaving the Salvation Army in Central El Paso.
On Thursday, the El Paso Police Department issued an alert that it was still looking for Melvin Garcia, who had been last seen on August 24.
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According to EPPD, Garcia had been taken to the Salvation Army at 4300 E. Paisano from a medical facility but left, reportedly telling an employee he had been taken to the wrong location and would walk his way back.
Garcia is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 140 to 145 pounds and police report he has a mental disorder, but have not offered any more details beyond that.
Garcia was last seen wearing a blue polo shirt, dark green cargo pants, black orthopedic Velcro shoes and a wooden rosary around his neck.
Anyone who sees Garcia or has information about his whereabouts is asked to call El Paso police’s non-emergency number at 915-832-4400.
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