University of Michigan Police are asking for the public’s help in locating an employee of the university’s medical school after he went missing Tuesday.

Heping Zhao Courtesy of U-M Police

Heping Zhao, 63, went for a walk at 11 a.m. Tuesday, leaving a lab in the Medical Science II building. He never returned, according to police.

The Pittsfield Township resident was last seen wearing a blue long-sleeve shirt and brown or khaki pants. He's Asian and stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds.

According to the U-M Medical School's Department of Medical Education website, Zhao works as a pathologist assistant in the Division of Anatomical Sciences.

He is also a contributing author to a 2011 presentation on the growing use of U-M's Plastination Lab in human anatomy studies.

Anyone with information on Zhao’s whereabouts is encouraged to call the University of Michigan Police at 734-763-1131.



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