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Olinville: Police Appeal for Help Locating 73-Year-Old Man Reported Missing

OSBERT AMEDE, 73, OF East 222nd Street in Wakefield is reported missing. 
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The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 73-year-old man reported missing from Olinville.

 

Police said Osbert Amede of East 222nd Street by Carpenter Avenue in the Bronx was last seen leaving his home on Sunday, March 3, at around 3.45 p.m. He is described as male, Black, has a medium complexion, slim build, is around 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and weighs around 160 pounds. They said he was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue, plaid pajama bottoms, black fluffy slippers, a black North Face jacket with brown fur on the hood, eyeglasses, and was carrying a floral suitcase.

 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

 

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