Man with cerebral palsy missing during extreme cold found dead

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- Police say a Philadelphia man with cerebral palsy, who went missing during the extreme cold last week, was found dead over the weekend.

The body of Gerald Fomalont, 60, was discovered at approximately Saturday afternoon.

Fomalont was reported missing after he left work on Jan. 30 but never made it home.

Police say he walked toward Roosevelt Boulevard to catch one of two buses to reach his home near Bustleton Avenue and Red Lion Road.

He never boarded a bus and never made it home.

There was no immediate word on a cause of death.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.