Missing elderly man from Bethesda may have taken Metro into DC
Fernando Ponce (Montgomery County Police)
WASHINGTON - Authorities are asking for help finding a missing elderly man from Montgomery County they say may have taken the Metro into D.C. but never returned.
Officers say 81-year-old Fernando Ponce was last seen on Bethesda Avenue in Bethesda around 9:30 a.m. on October 2. Family members tell police that they believe Fernando had taken the Metro to the Library of Congress. He was wearing blue pants with a light blue shirt and a gray suit jacket.
Fernando is 5-feet-7-inches-tall and weighs 150 pounds and has gray hair.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Fernando is asked to call the Montgomery County Police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000.