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Nick Jackson

Police appeal to find missing man, 82, who has dementia

Police are appealing for help in finding an 82-year-old man who has gone missing.

Ion Matei is 5ft 4ins tall and was wearing and normally wears a sleeveless navy jacket, dark grey trousers, grey trainers and glasses.

Greater Manchester Police officers covering the Eccles, Cadishead, Barton and Irlam areas launched the appeal on Facebook.

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They say he has dementia and does not speak English but may answer to 'John', the Anglicised form of his first name.

He is familiar with the Bridgewater Way area of Trafford and may be heading in that direction, they said.

The Facebook post has been shared to organisations Safe Haven Missing and Out There Somewhere and Missining With Dementia in the UK

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quoting log 962 21/09/21.

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