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Joe Clyde Lessley, 75, was last seen July 28, 1988, at his home in Los Angeles. Living with Alzheimer’s disease, he may have been disoriented when he disappeared. Two days later he was reportedly seen in Solvang, California, where he told people he believed his car had been stolen.

At the time he went missing Lessley was described as a Caucasian male, 5 feet 10 inches to 5 feet 11 inches, 135 to 140 pounds, mostly bald with gray hair, blue eyes, and eyeglasses. He had a distinctive tattoo of the initials JCL on his left forearm. The Los Angeles Police Department searched and investigated but the case remains unsolved and his family remains concerned because of his medical condition.

Does anyone have information about Lessley’s movements in late July 1988 or remembers seeing him in Solvang around July 30, 1988?