A senior alert was issued for a 68-year-old Suffolk man who walked away from his home Friday morning; he was found safe late that night. Antonio Lee Randall left his residence off Palmyra Drive on foot around 11:30 a.m., according to police, and authorities said his disappearance posed a credible threat to his health and safety because he has a cognitive impairment.
Virginia State Police issued the senior alert for Randall on Friday, as 13News Now reported. Police describe him as a Black man standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 115 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes, WTKR notes.
What Randall Was Wearing
Investigators say Randall may have been wearing a navy blue Old Dominion University sweatshirt paired with white or gray sweatpants when he left home, per the same WTKR report. The 11:30 a.m. Friday sighting matched the timeline police gave for his departure from the Palmyra Drive address.
A Familiar Name From an Earlier Case
Virginia has handled senior alerts involving a man with the same name before. In an earlier case, Virginia State Police issued a senior alert for a 65-year-old Antonio Lee Randall who went missing from Chesapeake and was last seen around 6 p.m. on a Sunday on Clifton Street, according to WAVY. That report described him as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 130 pounds, with police saying at the time that he suffered from dementia and did not appear to have his medication, raising similar safety concerns to those now surrounding the Suffolk case. The public was directed to call 911 or Chesapeake Police in that earlier instance.
Randall was found safe late Friday night. Authorities have not released additional details beyond his physical description and last-known clothing.
