UPDATE: Richard Hays has been located and is safe. The Clear Alert has been lifted.
Garland police officers are searching for a missing person, 59-year-old Richard Eric Hays. He was last seen Thursday, April 8, at 10:30 a.m. in the 2700 Block of Collins Boulevard.
Hays is described as an African American male, 6’3” tall, 275 pounds. He has short black hair, brown eyes and wears glasses. He was wearing a green fluorescent colored hoodie, black shorts and black shoes. Hays left in his gray 2006 Honda Pilot bearing TX license plate PBC8905.
Hays is diagnosed with Dementia.
If anyone knows the whereabouts of Mr. Hays or his vehicle, they are asked to call the Garland Police Department at 972-485-4840.