Crime & Safety

78-Year-Old Man Goes Missing From the Upper West Side: Police

NYPD told the WestSideRag that the man, who has dementia, told his family he was going to Zabar's Saturday and never returned.

Gus Saltonstall's profile picture
Gus Saltonstall, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
|
An image of Suryanarayan Hedge, 78, an Upper West Sider who has been missing since Saturday night.
An image of Suryanarayan Hedge, 78, an Upper West Sider who has been missing since Saturday night. (Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department)

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 78-year-old man has gone missing from his home on the Upper West Side, police say.

Suryanarayan "Suri" Hegde was last seen leaving his apartment building at 320 West 83rd Street, between West End and Riverside, on Saturday night around 8 p.m, police say.

Before leaving, he told his family that he was going to Zabar's, however, the adjunct professor at NYU has dementia — and can sometimes get confused if he ventures from Broadway, reported the WestSideRag.

Find out what's happening in Upper West Sidefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

He has not been seen since.

Hegde is described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 110 pounds, and last seen wearing a black hat, a black jacket, and dark-color pictures.

Find out what's happening in Upper West Sidefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Police sent out this photo of Hedge in their missing person report.

Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

More from Upper West Side