Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Missing Highland Man Found Sleeping in Neighbor's Mobile Home

Oakland County Sheriff's Office deputies were out in force in Highland Township looking for a man who went missing from the area over the weekend.

Update, 2:20 p.m.

Elmer Howland, 88, has been located by Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies in a nearby neighbor’s mobile home, according to the Sheriff's Department. The neighbor had been away and found him sleeping on a couch, a report said. He will be transported to a nearby hospital to be medically assessed. He appears to be in good shape, the Sheriff's Department said.

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Deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff's office are out on foot and in the air searching for a missing Highland Township man after his family said they haven't heard from him since Saturday, according to reports on WDIV-TV's Facebook Page.

Oakland County Sheriff deputies confirmed with White Lake-Highland Patch that they have been out looking for the man Monday, but haven't had success in locating him.

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The report on WDIV-TV states the man, 88-year-old Elmer Howland, was last seen Saturday at his home in Highland. He may be wearing a red flannel shirt and a baseball cap. A photo of him can be found here.

Anyone with information on Howland's whereabouts is asked to call the Oakland County Sheriff's Office at 248-858-4950.


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