LAPD Seeking Man Last Seen at Denny's in East Hollywood

This story was written by City News Service

Los Angeles police detectives asked for the public's help Friday in finding a 26-year-old man last seen at a Denny's in East Hollywood on Tuesday.

Dylan Cooper was last seen by his roommate in the 300 block of North Vermont Avenue, according to the LAPD and Dale Cooper, his father.

"It's out of character for him to disappear like this," Dale Cooper told City News Service.

"On Monday night he went out drinking with some people from where he works and then he returned home," Cooper said. "Apparently he decided to go out then and get something to eat, and his roommate saw him at the Denny's. His roommate then went home and went to bed.

"Dylan then went home again and took out his wallet and keys and left them in the apartment," Cooper added. "So it looks to us like he was going to stay in the rest of the night, but for some reason he left again and hasn't been seen since that night."

Cooper said his son made a phone call to his roommate after that, but the roommate was asleep and didn't answer the phone.

"We called his cell phone but it kept going to voicemail, and now the phone is off," Cooper said. "We checked the morgue and there are no John Does that fit his description. We are just worried he's out there hurt somewhere."

Cooper is white, with a shaved head and brown eyes. He is about 5 feet 9 inches and 230 pounds, last seen in a black shirt, black pants and black baseball cap. Cooper has a tattoo of a girl on his left shoulder and arm and a cross tattooed on his inner right arm.

Anyone with more information as to his whereabouts was asked to call the LAPD's Missing Persons unit at (213) 996-1800 or the LAPD tipline at (877) LAPD-24-7 or Crimestoppers at (800) 222-8477. All tips can be made anonymously.