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Police search for missing elderly man with dementia

Anne Arundel County police are searching for a 79-year-old man who suffers from dementia who went missing after visiting his wife at Baltimore Washington Medical Center on Friday.

Family members of Frederick Richard West said he went missing after being dropped off at the hospital at about 3 p.m., police said. He has not been seen or heard from since.

He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a rust-colored shirt and possibly a blue ball cap, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Anne Arundel County Police Department's Northern District at 410-222-6135.

jkanderson@baltsun.com

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