Billerica Police are searching for a missing Alzheimer’s patient.
According to police, Richard Sawyer, a 79-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s, wandered away from his home in West Billerica on Tuesday.
The man was last seen Tuesday morning between 7 and 8 a.m. on Nashua Road, possibly attempting to get a ride to Boston.
Sawyer is described at 5’10" with thin gray hair, medium build, and wearing a gray hooded Patriots sweatshirt under a blue coat.
He is wearing jeans and sneakers.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 978-667-1212.
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