After authorities and worried community members sought the public’s assistance in locating a missing man suffering from dementia, authorities announced on Sunday that he’d been found.
According to the Glendale Police Department, Maurice Ainsworth had last been seen walking westbound in the 600 block of Myrtle Street on July 31 at 6:35 p.m.
A missing person’s flyer distributed on social media and sent to KTLA by multiple viewers stated that he’d last been seen on July 30 after walking away from his nursing home facility, Glendale House, which is located in the 600 block of Myrtle.
Ainsworth is a 59-year-old Black man standing 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds, police said. The flyer was sent to KTLA by viewers who listed him as “around” 6 feet, 9 inches tall and “usually 190 pounds but will be thinner.”
“He is reported to have dementia, and may appear confused, disoriented and afraid,” Glendale police said at the time.
The flyer stated the same information but added that Maurice “is gentle and kind.”
Beginning Thursday, KTLA received several emails from concerned community members searching for information regarding Ainsworth’s whereabouts.
In the emails, people described him as a “friend of many” who “never hesitates to be of service whenever and wherever it’s needed.”
According to one viewer, Ainsworth, a native of Oakland, is a beloved member of the Alcoholics Anonymous community. He has been sober — and helped countless others on their journey to sobriety — for decades.
He was recently diagnosed with early onset dementia, and she says that his cognitive and physical decline has been “dramatic and heartbreaking.”
Due to his diagnosis, he was moved to the nursing home in Glendale, where he became “confused and scared” after two days of living there, the viewer added.
“It’s deeply painful to know he has been lost in an unfamiliar city, suffering from dementia,” another viewer said. “We are doing all we can to locate him and get him home safely.”
Authorities did not provide any information on where the 59-year-old was found, nor what condition he was in.