Name: John F. Ward
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: August 30, 1994
Location Last Seen: Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California.
Date of Birth: June 15, 1926
Age: 68 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: X-rays are available.
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: He wore an aqua sweatshirt, khaki shorts, maroon socks, walking shoes, and a medic alert bracelet.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Ward was last seen August 30, 1994 in Chatsworth, CA.
Ward, an avid hiker, set out on foot from his Chatsworth home for a sporting goods store a couple of miles away. John, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease five years earlier, apparently forgot his way home.
He had disappeared twice before. Once, authorities found him near Magic Mountain, a hike of more than 20 miles.
A day or two after John's disappearance, an equestrian exchanged greetings with a man lying near a log in Brown's Canyon, in those same foothills he often hiked. More than four hours later, she was surprised to see the man lying on another log nearby. Shown a photo of John Ward by Los Angeles police, the woman said she was almost certain that was the man she'd seen in the hills. But searches over the next two days turned up nothing.
Agency Name: Los Angeles Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 213-485-5381
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 9417-28519
NCIC Case Number: M-763336578
California Department of Justice
Los Angeles Times
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 11-13-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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