Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Man From Stanford Hospital Found Safe & Sound on Bus in Alameda County

The missing senior citizen sometimes uses public transportation buses throughout the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo.


UPDATED, Thursday, July 24, 8:50 a.m.

The missing man who walked away yesterday morning from Stanford Hospital has been found, safe and sound, on a bus in Oakland this morning by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. 

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Wednesday, July 23, 8:21 p.m.

News from the Palo Alto Police Department:


Missing Adult: We need your help to locate this man in his 70s, who was last seen on foot walking away from the Stanford Hospital at 4:40 a.m. this morning after receiving discharge papers. 

Henry James Scott, a resident of East Palo Alto, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a black coat with a hood, a brown baseball cap with no known logo on it, blue jeans, brown shoes, and possibly a blue-and-white striped shirt. He has short salt-and-pepper hair and is missing his front teeth. 

Henry has dementia and high blood pressure, so it's important that we find him and reunite him with his family.

He has no known destination, but frequents public transportation buses throughout the counties of Santa Clara and San Mateo. 

If you see him, please call our 24-hour dispatch center immediately at 650-329-2413 and him under observation, if possible, until an officer arrives.

Thank you for your help! 


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