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Indiana family asking for help finding man with medical issues
BROOKVILLE, Ind. (WXIX) – A family in Franklin County, Ind., is asking for help finding a man who has been missing for two weeks.
A Silver Alert has been issued for Roger Purcell. Purcell is 50 years old and lives with his mom after he suffered a stroke eight years ago.
The stroke caused brain damage. He’s also diabetic.
His mother, Ruth, said he started wandering away from their home in the middle of June. She had been able to find him until he went missing on June 21.
She last saw him in his recliner before she went to bed.
“I woke up at 5 a.m.,” Ruth said. “I got up to check his insulin to make sure his sugar was OK and he was gone.”
Ruth believes he fed their horses before he disappeared because some of their feed was gone. He didn’t take his wallet or his cell phone.
Local police and fire, as well as Cincinnati Search and Rescue, searched her property looking for him.
“They searched a lot and tried to use a drone, but couldn’t get through the tree cover,” Ruth said.
Purcell was a local basketball coach for 20 years before the stroke. His mom hopes someone has information on where he’s at.
“If someone gave him a ride somewhere we don’t know where he’s ended up,” Ruth said. “We are putting flyers up hoping to get some kind of a lead.”
Purcell is 5-foot-8 and around 260 pounds. Anyone with information on him or his disappearance should call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department at 765-647-4138.
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The San Francisco 49ers selected former Indiana football defensive tackle C.J. West with the No. 113 overall pick in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon.
He’s the first Hoosiers defensive lineman drafted since Denver picked Jammie Kirlew in 2010 and first defensive tackle selected since the Raiders drafted Nolan Harrison in 1991. He’s the highest selection for the program since 2018 when Ian Thomas was drafted by Carolina with the first pick in the fourth round (No. 101 overall).
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West made the jump to the Power Four last season as a highly coveted spring portal entry out of Kent State. Indiana beat out the likes of Wisconsin, Michigan, LSU and Florida State to land the veteran defender who started 35 games for the Golden Flashes.
He was a key presence on IU’s defensive front with 40 tackles (14 solo) with 7.5 for a loss and two sacks in 13 games (420 snaps). Per Pro Football Focus, West had 25 quarterback pressures and 22 defensive stops (tackles that constitute a failure for the offense).
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The defender bolstered his draft hopes with a standout performance at the combine. The 6-foot-1, 316-pounder was named to the league’s All-Combine team after putting up a 4.95 40-yard dash and 33-inch vertical jump.
He earned a 9.15 RAS score — a metric that combined an athlete’s physical measurements and athletic testing numbers — that ranked among the top 200 players tested from 1987 to 2025.
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Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
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