Missing man with dementia near 84th and California


Description: A police radio dispatch about a missing man from Crestwood nursing home. The man is described as 76 years old, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 235 pounds, with dementia and delusional disorder. He was last seen walking near 84th Street and California in Chicago, wearing dark clothing and a navy fireman coat. Officers say he may have carried weapons in the past and are asking the public to be cautious while searching for him; he may be trying to return to his home at 2707 West 84th Street.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
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Transcript:
00:00This is zone 6.00:03Let me go to squad.00:06You guys have a listening out of Cresswood.00:08He is walking down the block of 84th Street near California.00:14Okay.00:16The 835 is familiar with him.00:17835, are you still on Whipple?00:24834.00:25We're still here.00:27Okay.00:28I have nobody.00:29Let me see, I'll get a description of him.00:34His name is Charlie Hatter.00:38If anybody's in that area, 8-4 in California, I have nobody up or in a backlog right now.00:44But Charlie Hatter, he's 76, 6-3, 235 pounds.00:49And can you tell me what he's wearing or?00:54Squads there is.00:56There's an officer on the traffic spot right there at that location, but Charlie has on dark colors.01:00He has on his fireman sweater.01:03All right.01:07Okay, we don't have anybody on the officer turning down California right now.01:11Okay, is there somebody over there in California that we don't know about, or maybe it's an outside unit?01:18831.01:19It looks like it's BP, but I'm on the way back from grease and oil.01:22I can ride over there.01:23Okay, 831, thanks.01:31835 had this earlier, and he was familiar with a guy.01:33He has a history of dementia, delusional disorder.01:36His name is Charlie Hatter.01:38He was wearing at the time a Navy fireman puppy coat in all black clothing and black boots, and that's where it sounds like he still has on, possibly.01:45And he was at 84th in California.01:47He's missing out of Crestwood from the nursing home over there.01:51But he originally lives at 2707 West 84th Street, so he might be trying to go that way again.
00:00
This is zone 6.
00:03
Let me go to squad.
00:06
You guys have a listening out of Cresswood.
00:08
He is walking down the block of 84th Street near California.
00:14
Okay.
00:16
The 835 is familiar with him.
00:17
835, are you still on Whipple?
00:24
834.
00:25
We're still here.
00:27
Okay.
00:28
I have nobody.
00:29
Let me see, I'll get a description of him.
00:34
His name is Charlie Hatter.
00:38
If anybody's in that area, 8-4 in California, I have nobody up or in a backlog right now.
00:44
But Charlie Hatter, he's 76, 6-3, 235 pounds.
00:49
And can you tell me what he's wearing or?
00:54
Squads there is.
00:56
There's an officer on the traffic spot right there at that location, but Charlie has on dark colors.
01:00
He has on his fireman sweater.
01:03
All right.
01:07
Okay, we don't have anybody on the officer turning down California right now.
01:11
Okay, is there somebody over there in California that we don't know about, or maybe it's an outside unit?
01:18
831.
01:19
It looks like it's BP, but I'm on the way back from grease and oil.
01:22
I can ride over there.
01:23
Okay, 831, thanks.
01:31
835 had this earlier, and he was familiar with a guy.
01:33
He has a history of dementia, delusional disorder.
01:36
His name is Charlie Hatter.
01:38
He was wearing at the time a Navy fireman puppy coat in all black clothing and black boots, and that's where it sounds like he still has on, possibly.
01:45
And he was at 84th in California.
01:47
He's missing out of Crestwood from the nursing home over there.
01:51
But he originally lives at 2707 West 84th Street, so he might be trying to go that way again.
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Location mentioned:
California, 2211 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
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