A 75-year-old man with a cognitive impairment went missing from his Steele Creek home this week, prompting a public plea from police. Wayne Simpson was last seen leaving his residence near the 15000 block of SJ Lawerence Road around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, and the Silver Alert remained active in the latest updates, with Simpson still missing.
Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Missing Persons Unit had asked for the public's help finding Simpson, according to the City of Charlotte. Officials said Simpson has a cognitive impairment and may be lost or confused, a detail that drove much of the urgency around the search, as reported by Yahoo News.
Police described Simpson as 5 feet 10 inches tall and approximately 185 pounds, with short gray hair and gray eyes. Those details were circulated widely as part of the search effort, per the same account from Yahoo News.
Vehicles Reported in Separate Alerts
The vehicle descriptions concern separate missing-person incidents, not competing accounts of the same departure. Queen City News reported in its October 9 alert that Simpson departed in a 2014 Acura RDX bearing license plate RCE6862. Yahoo News reported in its May 16 account of a separate alert that Simpson was believed to be driving a 1996 gold Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck carrying the same North Carolina tag, RCE-6862.
Silver Alert Remains Active
Simpson was reported to have returned home in May. The Silver Alert for Wayne Douglas Simpson was canceled at CMPD's request in May, as Yahoo News reported; the October alert remained active, and Simpson had not been found in the latest updates.
