A 78-year-old man suffering from dementia who had been missing since Monday from his family’s Highlands Ranch home was found this morning in San Diego.
Roger Mattoon was found in a parking lot around 3:30 this morning. A San Diego resident saw him walking around in the parking lot and called authorities, thinking the man needed medical attention.
Mattoon was taken to a local hospital where medical personnel found a Veteran’s Administration card on him. They ran his name through a veterans’ database, which showed him to be a missing person from Colorado.
They notified his family, which is now enroute to California to pick him up.
Authorities believe Mattoon purchased a ticket on a Greyhound bus out to California.
He was last seen Monday morning walking around his neighborhood.
