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WEBVTT THEY SUSPECT HE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DERRY AND THE SEACOAST. THIS IS A FLYER OF JOHN WALSH WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER HIS SISTER SAW HIM FOR LUNCH, HE WENT TO THE PARK WOULD MEDICAL CENTER FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT IS WHERE SECURITY CAMERAS CAUGHT HIM HEADING OUT ON HIS OWN. >> WE GREW UP IN PLANTS DON'T, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THAT IS AN AREA WE BELIEVE HE WOULD GO TO. NAOKO: JON WHO ALSO GOES BY JACK IS SIX FEET AND WEIGHS 130 SEVEN POUNDS. HE HAS GREAT HAIR AND BLUE EYES. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BROWN LEATHER JACKET AND JEANS. HIS SISTERS ARE MOST CONCERNED THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE WINTER GEAR AND HE HAS NOT TAKEN HIS MEDICATION. >> WE ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOW COLD HE IS IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING FOOD OR MEDICATION AND HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY. NAOKO: HE LIVES AT A NURSING HOME NORTH OF THE HOSPITAL BUT A BUS DRIVER SAW SOMEONE MATCHING HIS DESCRIPTION WALKING IN HAMPSTEAD LATER THAT AFTERNOON. HIS FAMILY IS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO CALL POLICE IF THEY SEE HIM BUT TO ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM BECAUSE OF HIS CONDITION. >> HE WILL BE VERY DOCILE. HE WILL NOT WANT TO APPROACH ANYONE. HE WILL WALK RIGHT BY YOU. YOU WOULD HAVE TO APPROACH HIM. NAOKO: HIS SISTER HAVE -- HIS SISTER'S HAVE POSTED FLYERS EVERYWHERE IN DERRY TO THE SEACOAST. >> WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. NAOKO: THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE A GREAT CONCERN SO THE FAMILY IS ASKING EVERYONE TO CHECK THEIR PROPERTY LOOKING IN SHEDS. IF YOU DO SEE JOHN WALSH YOU ARE

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The search continues for a man missing from a Derry nursing home. John Walsh, 63, suffers from dementia, and his family is asking for the public's help in finding him. John, who the family also calls Jack, has been missing for two days, and his three sisters are ramping up their efforts to find him. They suspect he is in the Derry area, possibly the Seacoast, and they're asking everyone to keep an eye out. After his sisters saw him for lunch Tuesday, Walsh went to Parkland Medical Center for an appointment. That's where security cameras caught him heading out on his own. “We grew up in Plaistow, New Hampshire, so we do have reason to believe that that would definitely be an area that he would head to,” said Judy Zaremba, one of Walsh’s sister. Walsh is 6 feet tall, 137 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown leather jacket, jeans, a grayish-blue T-shirt and white sneakers. His sisters are most concerned that he is not wearing winter gear, and he has not taken his medication for his special needs. "We are very worried about how cold he is in addition to him not having food and medication, but also he doesn't have any money on him, so he's not able to buy anything for himself,” said Jennifer Bakanosky, another of Walsh’s sisters. Walsh lives at a nursing facility north of Parkland. His sisters said a bus driver saw someone matching his description walking in Hampstead around 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The sisters are asking people to call police if they see him, but to also keep an eye on him because of his condition. "He's going to be very docile,” said Joanne Simpson, another sister. “He's not going to want to approach anyone. He's going to just walk right by you. You'd have to approach him and say, ‘Are you OK?’ And it depends on what frame of mind he's in, what kind of answer you'd get.” The sisters have posted flyers from Derry to the Seacoast, and are asking everyone to spread the word and keep a look out for their brother. "He has a Facebook page – ‘Bring Jack Home’ – and we're doing everything we can to bring him home safely,” Zaremba said. With temperatures dipping to dangerously low levels, the family asks people to check places on their property where Walsh might seek shelter, like boats and sheds. Anyone who sees Walsh or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call Derry police at 603-432-6111 immediately.