UPDATE | Deputies say Richard Cerveny, an 88-year-old who went missing on his way to church this morning has returned home and is safe. No further details are available.
ORIGINAL STORY | Manatee County deputies are looking for a Bradenton man who vanished on his way to church Friday morning.
Richard Cerveny, 88, disappeared shortly before 8 a.m. Friday as he was heading to Our Lady of the Angels on State Road 70 on Bradenton, deputies said. His family contacted deputies around 11 a.m. when he didn’t return home from church.
Deputies said Cerveny’s credit card was used at the “Murphy” station in Arcadia just after 9 a.m. and another gas station in Lake Placid just after noon.
He does not have a cell phone or tracking device in his vehicle, deputies said.
Those with information on his whereabouts should call the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office at 941-747-3011.