LAPD searching for missing Van Nuys man
By Daily News | |
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 8:27 a.m.
Police are looking for a Van Nuys man who has been missing for more than a week.
Larry Klein, 54, was last seen about 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22 at his home in the 7400 block of Woodman Avenue, Los Angeles police said Wednesday.
His ex-wife, Rachel Klein, said she last heard from him by phone the morning of Feb. 27.
"I am his ex-wife, but I'm all he has, and ex-wife or not, he always calls me," she said.
Since then, Rachel Klein said she had not been able to reach him by phone, text or email. Police have visited his house and checked impound yards for his car.
Klein said her ex-husband has had "some hard times" the past five years, including being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
But she said, "It's incredibly unlikely of him not to check in somehow. If he were arrested, in a hospital, anyhow he would call me to help him, to come pick him up."
In the call last week, she said, Larry Klein sounded incoherent and talked about dreams he'd had. The night before, Feb. 26, he had checked into a hotel for unclear reasons.
"I don't think he's the kind that would harm himself," Rachel Klein said. "I'm not sure if somebody's hurt him or – I don't know what to think at this point."
Larry Klein has brown hair and green eyes, is 5 feet 10 inches and weighs about 180 pounds. He was last seen driving a 1998 silver two-door Ford Focus with California plates 6WKB837.
Police asked anyone with information to call Detective Cletus Carlton in the LAPD Missing Persons Unit at 213-996-1800.
People also can call the LAPD tipline any time of day at 877-LAPD-247 (527-3247). Those who want to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or text the organization by sending "LAPD" followed by a message to CRIMES (274637).
eric.hartley@dailynews.com
twitter.com/ethartley