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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