Missing 85-year-old with Alzheimer’s found safe

Emily Baude KSTP
Updated: March 25, 2025 - 5:56 PM
Published: March 24, 2025 - 9:41 PM

UPDATE: On Tuesday the Mounds View Police Department announced that Jeffery Elsser was found and was safe.

The original article relating to Elsesser’s disappearance can be found below.

Mounds View police are searching for a missing 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s who was last seen Monday morning.

Jeffery Elsesser was last seen at 7 a.m. driving a 2002 Gray Lexus Sedan in the area of Long Lake Road and Mounds View Boulevard, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

He was wearing a Minnesota Twins baseball hat, a brown plaid button-up and blue jeans, the BCA said. Elsesser is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds with gray hair and hazel eyes.

If you have seen or know the whereabouts of Elsesser, please contact the Mounds View Police Department at 651-767-0648.