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Schizophrenic, bipolar Lancaster man missing

by The AV Times Staff • May 16, 2019

Brandon Owen Watts [LASD]
LANCASTER – Authorities are asking for the public’s help to find a 35-year-old Lancaster man who is schizophrenic and bipolar.

Brandon Owen Watts was last seen on May 5 at 1 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The exact location where Watts was last seen was not disclosed.

Watts is white, 5 feet 9, 150 pounds, with long curly brown hair and blue eyes.

Although Watts lives and works in the Lancaster area, he is known to sleep in his vehicle in Orange County. His vehicle is a 2006 white Toyota Tundra with California license plate number 8C04660.

“Mr. Watts is manic depressive, schizophrenic and bipolar, and his loved ones are concerned for his well-being,” according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Anyone with information on Watts’ whereabouts is urged to call Sgt. Mike Rodriguez or Detectives Tamar Abraham or Matt Pereida of the sheriff’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

 

 

Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

5 comments for "Schizophrenic, bipolar Lancaster man missing"

  1. Reed says

    May 16, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    Let us hope he does not walk into a movie theater

  2. Psychotherapist says

    May 16, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    Brandon has the ultimate mental illness resume.

  3. Zach says

    May 16, 2019 at 11:44 am

    Lancaster mental health labels everyone schizophrenia but this man looks bipolar 1 to me

    • S. Freud says

      May 16, 2019 at 12:55 pm

      Imagine what diagnosis they would come up with for Rex.

      • Zach says

        May 16, 2019 at 1:55 pm

        Megalomaniac

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