5:12 p.m. update: Enrique Ramirez Leon, 68, was found by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in Columbus, about 90 miles southeast of Austin. Austin police said he was found as a result of the missing person alert.
Earlier: Austin police are looking for a missing elderly man who wandered from his home on Sunday morning.
Enrique Ramirez Leon, 68, was last seen leaving his residence in the 1100 block of Mansell Avenue at 5 a.m., police said. Leon suffers from memory loss and other medical conditions that put his welfare at risk. He drove off in his wife’s car, a Grey 2012 Chevrolet Malibu with chipped paint and the license plate PLX1913.
Law enforcement have activated a Silver Alert for Leon, who was described by police as a Hispanic male, a Spanish speaker, about 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 200 pounds. He has chin-length gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark blue button-up shirt and dark blue jeans.
Police are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to call 911 immediately.