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January 24, 2008

Missing: Cranston police search for group home resident

CRANSTON -- The police are looking for a mentally challenged man who left home to take a walk last night and hasn’t returned.

Frank Burgess, 46, is a client of Gateway Health Services, a group home located at 91 Wentworth Ave. here in the city, said Commander Kevin Lynch. Case Manager Delima Cartin called police today when Burgess did not come home after telling staff he was going to walk through the neighborhood Wednesday.

Burgess is described as a white male, standing 5 feet 11 inches, and weighing about 250 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes and was last seen wearing blue jeans, white sneakers and a dark green “winter snorkel jacket” with a red lining and fur around the hood, Lynch said.

Thursday police walked the neighborhood searching for Burgess, who has a history of walking away from the center. Officers checked Burgess’ usual haunts in Providence’s Washington Park area -- a McDonald’s restaurant, and Crossroads Family Shelter, both on Broad Street. A message was also sent to all police departments in the state asking for help in locating Burgess, Lynch said.

Thursday afternoon, neighborhood residents received an automated phone call from A Child Is Missing, a community notification system, Lynch said. The message was sent to alert people that Burgess was missing and to ask them to contact police if they locate him.

Police will continue to canvass the area until Burgess is located, Lynch said. Anyone with information about Burgess’ whereabouts is asked to call the Cranston Police Department at 942-2211.

-- Journal staff writer Talia Buford

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