Crime & Safety

Man With Paranoid Schizophrenia Missing In Cerritos

The 61-year-old was last seen at his home in the 12000 block of Bertha Street, authorities said.

Gregory King, 61, was last seen at his home in the 12000 block of Bertha Street, authorities said.
Gregory King, 61, was last seen at his home in the 12000 block of Bertha Street, authorities said. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

CERRITOS, CA – A man who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia went missing in Cerritos, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday.

Gregory King, 61, was last seen at 8:30 a.m. on March 16 at his home in the 12000 block of Bertha Street, according to Deputy Marvin Crowder of the LASD.

King is white, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 270 pounds with balding red hair and blue eyes. He was unshaven and has freckles on his arms and face. He was last seen wearing a blue Dickies jacket and blue Dickies pants, Crowder said.

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Anyone who knows of King's whereabouts was asked to call Sgt. Mike Rodriguez, detectives Tamar Abraham or Matt Pereida of the sheriff's Missing Person's Bureau at (323) 890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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