Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: July 12, 2007

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police search for missing man

Shreveport police are looking for an 85-year-old man reported missing last night from the 400 block of Watts Road.

Family members who went to the home of Charles Martin, 85, found that his car was missing and so was he. They had last spoken with him late Tuesday night and usually are in frequent contact with him. When they arrived at his home about 9 p.m. last night to check on his welfare, they got concerned, and detectives got involved.

Martin is about 5'7" tall, 155 pounds with gray/green eyes and uses a cane or walker. His vehicle is a Silver 2002 Chrysler 300 with a Louisiana Handicap tag of 78108.  It is unknown whether foul play is involved, but it cannot be ruled out.

If anyone has information about the whereabouts of this man, please contact detectives immediately at 673-6955 or Crime Stoppers at 673-7373.

Information can be left with crimestoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the crimestoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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