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North Las Vegas police hunting for missing man with Alzheimer’s

North Las Vegas police are searching for an 87-year-old man reported missing Friday afternoon.

Robert “Bob” Rascon was last seen at noon driving his wife’s car north on Island Rail, according to a North Las Vegas Police Department news release. The vehicle is a gray 2008 Chrysler Aspen SUV with Nevada licese plate LV003C.

Rascon is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds and has gray hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Rascon suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and high blood pressure, and he has not driven a vehicle in over two years, the release states. He left his residence while his wife slept without his required medication and without access to money or a cellphone.

Anyone with information about Rascon’s whereabouts is asked to call the North Las Vegas Police Department at 702-633-9111.

Contact Amanda Bradford at abradford@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0279. Follow @amandabrad_uc on Twitter.

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