KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE: The Knoxville Police Department said that John Sylvester Brown has been found and safely returned home.
The Knoxville Police Department is requesting public assistance to help locate missing John Sylvester Brown, 66.
Brown suffers from dementia and other medical issues.
Authorities say he left his residence in the 1800 block of Linden Avenue around noon on Monday, February 22.
Brown is 5’7 and 160 pounds with gray hair, brown eyes, and a beard.
He was last wearing a LSW long-sleeve black shirt, gray pants and brown slippers. He is known to frequent the area of MLK Jr. Avenue and Castle Street.
If anyone sees John, they are urged to call 911 immediately.