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Jerry Kent Boyer used the ATM at Umpqua Bank in Northeast Portland on Christmas Day. Boyer, lower right, was reported missing on Dec. 29, 2014.

(Portland Police Bureau)

Portland police are asking again for the public's help to find an 82-year-old Portland man who has been missing late December.

Jerry Kent Boyer, 82. Reported missing December 29, 2014.

Jerry Kent Boyer was reported missing Dec. 29 after friends checked his Northeast Portland home and found newspapers on the porch and his dogs running loose in the backyard. Police checked the home and found no evidence of foul play, but no sign of Boyer.



Detectives with the Portland Police Bureau's missing persons unit contacted out-of-state relatives who said they had not seen Boyer and had no information on where he might be.

Police say their investigation revealed that Boyer drove his car to an ATM at the Umpqua Bank in the 1700 block of Northeast Alberta Street at around 1:30 p.m. Christmas Day.

He then made a phone call from his home at 3:30 p.m. the same day.

On New Years Day and on Jan. 2, detectives unsuccessfully used search-and-rescue dogs to search for Boyer near his home and surrounding neighborhood.

Boyer is 5-feet, 4-inches tall, weighs 150 pounds and has gray hair and brown eyes. He wears glasses was wearing glasses when he was last seen. Officials said Boyer also had shown some early signs of dementia.

Anyone who sees Boyer is asked to call call 911 so police can perform a welfare check. Anyone with non-emergency information should contact Detective Heidi Helwig at 503-823-0797 or via email at heidi.helwig@portlandoregon.gov.

-- Stuart Tomlinson

stomlinson@oregonian.com

503-221-8313

@ORweather