The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is asking for help locating Ruben Zakaryan, an 85-year-old Santa Clarita man who was last seen around 10 p.m. leaving a residence on the 23600 block of Torrey Pines Drive, according to an LASD special bulletin.
The bulletin describes Zakaryan as a White male, 5 feet 4 inches tall and 140 pounds, with white hair, brown eyes and a white beard. He was last seen wearing a burgundy T-shirt and gray sweatpants.
The bulletin identifies Zakaryan as an at-risk missing person. It lists no additional details about his health, circumstances or the reason for the classification.
What the at-risk classification means
The available sources identify Zakaryan as at risk. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department policy sets out specific conditions for a Silver Alert involving an elderly, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired missing person, including a determination that the person may be in peril and that publicizing information could assist in a safe recovery.
National missing-person figures provide broader context. The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System says up to 90,000 people may be reported missing in the United States at any given time and more than 500,000 are reported annually. Separately, FBI data cited in the sources show an annual average of 532,727 records from 2021 through 2025.
How to provide information
Anyone with information about Zakaryan's whereabouts is asked to contact the LASD Homicide Bureau's Missing Persons Detail at (323) 890-5500. The available bulletin does not identify additional case-specific tip channels.
No update on Zakaryan's location or condition is included in the available release. People who see him should relay the sighting to investigators and provide the time, location and direction of travel rather than making assumptions about where he may be.
