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Police in Miami-Dade locate missing elderly man

Police are searching for 77-year-old Richard Riess. (Miami-Dade Police Department)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police in Miami-Dade County have located for an endangered elderly man.

Miami-Dade police asked for the public’s help in locating 77-year-old Richard Riess. He was safely located late Wednesday night.

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He had last been seen on Tuesday, leaving his home located on the 20 block of Northwest 169th Street, near Jackson Health Medical Center, police said. He was driving a 1995 white Chevy Camaro Z28 convertible, Florida tag BFC-I97.

Riess was last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt, jeans and a black baseball cap, police said.

The last time the vehicle was seen, it was heading east on the MacArthur Causeway, toward Miami Beach, at 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Anyone with information about Riess is urged to contact the Miami-Dade Police Department Special Victims Bureau/Missing Persons Squad at 305-715-3300, or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


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David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007.

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