Found Deceased Canada - Ponrasa Nagarajah, 61, Stouffville, Ont, 18 July 2017

Police are asking the public for help locating a Stouffville man who has been missing since the morning of July 18.

Ponrasa Nagarajah, 61, was last seen in the early morning when he left his residence, near Tenth Line and Main Street.

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Nagarajah is described as South Asian, five-feet, four-inches tall with a thin build, black hair, brown eyes and a grey goatee.

Anyone with information is asked to contact York Regional Police at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7541.

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Posters declaring Ponrasa Nagarajah missing were taped to hydro poles, mailboxes and stop signs throughout his family’s neighbourhood near Tenth Line and Main Street.

Nagarajah disappeared from the family home Tuesday, seemingly without a trace.

“We don’t know what to do,” said Hamsa Ponrasa, Nagarajah’s daughter, while wiping tears from her eyes in the family living room.

“We have been searching and sometimes it feels like we’re just aimlessly walking because there’s no clue.”

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Nagarajah has no history of mental health issues, but he told his wife that day he wasn’t feeling well. The family said he wasn’t acting like himself and might have been worried that previous health problems were resurfacing

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Nagarajah often goes for long walks, but the family said he hadn’t over the last week due to leg pains.

He’s normally accompanied on those walks by his dogs. But this time he mysteriously left them and his wallet behind, adding to family and police concerns for his safety

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“(If) people don’t have phones with them, if they don’t have any personal effects with them, they can sometimes just vanish,” said Const. Andy Pattenden.

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Ponrasa Nagarajah would usually walk his dog in the early morning, but on July 18, his behaviour was unusual. Nagarajah left his home near Tenth Line and Main Street without his personal belongings and without the dog, and he has not been heard from since.

Officers have conducted a ground search and have not yet found him or any clues to his whereabouts. Police will conduct further ground searches based on received information, York Regional Police Const. Andy Pattenden said.

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York Regional Police are asking anyone who may have seen Nagarajah or anyone with video surveillance outside their home in the area to come forward. Police are also asking residents to check their outdoor sheds to make sure he hasn’t sought shelter.

Anyone with information is asked to contact York Regional Police at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7541.

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Two people found him dead in a shed on a property in the area of Tenth and Main shortly before 6 p.m. July 30, police said in a news release.

His death isn't considered suspicious, police said.

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