Update: UI police locate 73-year-old man missing after Oregon-Hawkeye game

Update: Jerome “Jerry” Lepperd has been found and is safe, the University of Iowa Police Department announced Sunday afternoon. The department thanked its partners at the Des Moines Police Department for their assistance.

Earlier story below

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa police are searching for a 73-year-old man who went missing after the Iowa-Oregon football game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday evening.

Jerome “Jerry” Lepperd — who police say is unfamiliar with the area and “may become easily confused or disoriented” — got separated from his group as they were leaving Kinnick around 6 p.m. He did not have access to a vehicle but might have been headed toward the Hancher parking lot, according to the UI Department of Public Safety.

He’s 5’9“ and 170 pounds, has blue eyes, light hair, and a bandage on his forehead from a recent surgery. He was last seen at Kinnick wearing glasses, a black rain jacket, black rain pants, and black tennis shoes. He might also have on a dark blue stocking hat, according to police.

Anyone with information about Lepperd’s whereabouts should contact the UI Police Department by calling 319-335-5022.

Vanessa Miller covers higher education for The Gazette.

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