67-year-old tourist with Alzheimer's disease visiting from England found safe after going missing in Times Square

Saturday, February 16, 2019
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- UPDATE: John Tench has been found safe.

Police in New York City are asking for the public's help to find a tourist with Alzheimer's disease who went missing in Times Square.

John Tench, 67, went missing on February 14 just after 10 p.m. on 47th Street and Broadway in Times Square.
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Officials say he became separated from his wife while watching a street performance.

John suffers from Alzheimer's disease and does not have a cell phone.
He is described as approximately 5'9" tall, medium build, with salt and pepper hair and a mustache. He was last seen wearing a black hat, a black hooded toggle jacket, blue jeans and brown boots.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit a tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM.

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