Update: Missing Newport News man found safe

Update: Robert Pace has been found safe by Hampton Police at around 11:20 a.m. on Friday. Police say he was located at a home in the first block of Roberta Drive. He is now being transported to an area hospital for evaluation. 

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Newport News police need your help to find a missing and endangered person. 

They are looking for Robert Lawrence Pace, a 56-year-old White male who is about 6’1″ and 192 pounds. Police say he is bald and has stitches on his forehead.

He was last seen wearing black sweatpants, white sneakers and a white hospital gown that was tucked into his sweatpants. He also had a hospital wristband on his left wrist. 

Police say Pace is missing from Riverside Rehabilitation Center located at 245 Chesapeake Avenue.  He is suffering from a brain injury and was last seen by a nurse between 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. this morning.

At around 2:59 a.m., Pace was discovered missing from his bed.  After reviewing security camera footage, Pace was seen leaving the Rehabilitation Center at 1:43 a.m. and walking in the direction of Blair Avenue and Buxton Avenue.

If you see Pace, please call Police Communications at 757-247-2500 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.