An 81-year-old Army veteran, Morris Mayfield Sr. was last seen at his home in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans on the morning of June 9, 2017. Family members saw him at about 6 a.m. and again two hours later. He was wearing blue work pants, a white t-shirt and white socks but no shoes; he left his cellphone at home and took his wallet.

Mayfield, a retired cook from Ochsner Hospital, lived with Alzheimer’s disease and had a history of wandering when he developed a fixed idea that he needed to go somewhere. Neighbors who knew him would usually bring him back, but on this Friday he did not return. The New Orleans Police Department was notified and a missing person report was filed the same day.

He is described as an African-American man, 6 feet 1 inch and 180 to 200 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. If anyone in the Lower 9th Ward remembers seeing him that morning or has information about his whereabouts, please come forward.