Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 04/22/1994
- Missing From:
- Missing From Cocoa, Florida
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 12/09/1916 (108)
- Age:
- Age 77 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 5’11, 150 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue shirt and dark-colored pants.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. White hair, brown eyes. Burgess is bald. He has a scar on his left cheek.
- Details of Disappearance:
- On April 22, 1994, Mr. Burgess, who had Alzheimer’s disease, disappeared from his home on Shelly Court in Cocoa, Florida. He had a habit of wandering off and getting lost because of his illness. Police and neighbors had helped him find his way home before, but this time he was never found.
Around the same time, another elderly person, Mary Zedalis, also vanished in Cocoa. Despite a big search, she was never found either. Police don’t think the two disappearances are connected. Both cases are unsolved mysteries, and police believe both Mr. Burgess and Ms. Zedalis likely died soon after they went missing.
- Agency:
- Cocoa Police Department 321-639-7620
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This person was missing Missing Since 04/22/1994