Maplewood police search for missing man, 84, headed to St. Paul

September 24, 2014 at 4:56AM
Arthur Robert Arnold Jr.
Arthur Robert Arnold Jr. (Vince Tuss/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Maplewood Police are asking for the public's help in finding an 84-year-old man who was missing Tuesday night after walking away from his home earlier in the day.

Arthur Robert Arnold Jr., who is believed to be in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, left his home about 11:30 a.m. to go to a St. Paul barbershop on Payne Avenue. He never got there.

Arnold was driving a maroon 2010 Lexus RX 350 4-door sedan, with Minnesota license plate 247-BMZ. The vehicle has minor damage on the passenger side door. Arnold does not have a cellphone.

Anyone with information should call the Maplewood Police Department at 651-767-0640 or call 911.

Mary Lynn Smith

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Mary Lynn Smith is a general assignment reporter for the Star Tribune. She previously covered St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County. Before that, she worked in Duluth where she covered local and state government and business. She frequently has written about the outdoors.

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