Crime & Safety

Missing San Jose Man has Mental Capacity of 10-Year-Old

He speaks only Spanish and is considered at-risk. Police ask for help in locating the man who was last seen on Sunday.

San Jose police are asking for help in the search for an at-risk San Jose man who has been missing since Sunday night, police said.

Hipolito Canseco, 53, was last seen at about 9 p.m. and lives at 1315 Vine St., which is about seven miles from Campbell.

His family said Canseco suffered a head injury when he was 10 years old and as a result, his mental capacity is that of a 10-year-old. He can only provide his name and only speaks Spanish, police said.

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Canseco also has a history of seizures.

He is described as a Hispanic man, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with salt-and-pepper hair, a black mustache and a medium build, police said.

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He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, dark blue sweatpants and sandals.

Anyone with information about Canseco's whereabouts is asked to call San Jose police at 408-277-4786 or dial 911.

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