LOCATED – Kawartha Lakes police ask for public’s help locating 87-year-old Lindsay man

Emerson Fiander, who has dementia, did not return from a walk on Tuesday morning

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The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)
The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)
Update – At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Kawartha Lakes police advised Fiander was located by a search team of Kawartha Lakes police and OPP officers in a heavily wooded area north of #Lindsay. He is currently being escorted out of the woods by officers and is being evaluated by paramedics.

Kawartha Lakes police are asking for the public’s help in locating an 87-year-old man in Lindsay.

Emerson Fiander, who has dementia, left a Lindsay long-term care facility on Tuesday morning (May 30).

While Fiander routinely takes extended walks, he usually returns on his own. Nursing staff at his residence, as well as his family, are concerned for Fiander’s safety.

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Fiander is described as a white man, 5’4″ (165cm) and 174 lbs (79kg), with gray hair, blue eyes, and glasses. When last seen, he was wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts. and hiking shoes.

Police are conducting a search in an area at the north end of Lindsay and are being assisted by Ontario Provincial Police.

Anyone with information about Fiander’s whereabouts is asked to call the Kawartha Lakes Police Service at 705-324-5252.

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