ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A Silver Alert was issued on Thursday after an 84-year-old Orange City man was reported, according to the police department.
In a release, police said that the man — Ronald Mueller — had been reported missing by his wife after he left their apartment.
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“It was reported by Mr. Mueller’s wife that her husband was insisting on traveling to New Jersey to visit his son,” the release reads. “Which was not normal, nor was it a planned visit.”
According to police, Mueller’s wife told them that he suffers from dementia, which causes him to act irrationally.
Police also announced that Mueller had left home in a 2018 Black Jeep Cherokee. His last confirmed location was westbound along SR-207 East I-95 in St. Johns County just before 6:30 p.m.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact detectives at (386) 851-7560.