1/31/24 Update Per Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: Missing Person Unit is advising Kapeneta Pulemagafa has been located.

January 25, 2024 - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that the Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person Kapaneta Pulemagafa. He is a 63-year-old male Samoan who was last seen on January 23, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. on the 5800 block of Woodruff Avenue in Lakewood.

Kapeneta is 5’08” tall, 210 lbs., bald, with brown eyes and a full beard, and he has a tattoo of a bird on his left arm.  He was last seen wearing a red “49ERS” hat, yellow reflective vest, and blue jeans. gold/leather chain.

Mr. Pulemagafa suffers from dementia.

His family is concerned with his well-being and is asking for the public’s help.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Missing Persons Detail at (323) 890-5500. 

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department