Missing man last seen during Minneapolis street festival found safe

[UPDATE, 7/11/22: Minneapolis police report that the missing man has been found safe at a Target store in Richfield. What follows is the story as it initially ran on Sunday.]


MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis police are asking for the public's help to find a missing man who lives with Alzheimer's disease.

William Dean Jones, 65, was last seen Sunday at 1 p.m. at the "Open Streets" event on Franklin Avenue. 

Jones, who answers to the name Bill, is a Native American man who stands 6 feet tall and his thin, gray shoulder-length hair that he wears in a ponytail. He has a tattoo on his right forearm of a staff with eagle feathers, and a tattoo on his left forearm of a bear claw with the word "Billy" on it. 

He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with a black-and-white "Make Voting A Tradition" logo on it. He was also wearing light-blue jeans, a black belt and black shoes. 

Minneapolis Police

Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911, contact Crime Stoppers online, or call them at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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