Sunday, August 7, 2011

Grandmother, disabled grandson are missing, LAPD says

Justin Berlin, 21 (middle)
Detectives in the San Fernando Valley are searching for a grandmother who disappeared with her mentally disabled grandson while the two were on their way to a Special Olympics baseball practice, LAPD officials said Sunday. Barbara Berlin, 80

Barbara Berlin, 80 -- with her grandson, Justin Berlin, 21 -- left her Northridge home for the practice at Balboa Park on Saturday. Neither have been seen since.

Police say that family members told them Barbara Berlin was beginning to show signs of dementia and that her grandson has the mental abilities of an 8-year-old.

Both were last seen leaving in a maroon 2001 Nissan Sentra, license plate number 4TIV134. 

Anyone with information on the pair is asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Division at (818) 832-0633.

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Photos: At top, Justin Berlin, middle. Below, Barbara Berlin.

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