LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 72-year-old man from southern Indiana, reported missing by police on Monday, is also a mentally ill individual with a history of homicide who was recently released from custody.
Indiana State Police issued a Silver Alert on Monday for Roger Caldwell, who was last seen around 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in Scottsburg. Police said he could be in "extreme danger."
Roger Caldwell of Scottsburg, Indiana, was convicted in a 1996 Clark County murder. (WDRB archive footage)
Court records show Caldwell killed Andy Campbell, a groundskeeper at a Boy Scout camp in Charlestown, Indiana, in 1996.
Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin said he was just released in February to the Oxford House, which is a sober living facility in Scottsburg.
Goodin said he's concerned Caldwell could also be a danger to the public.
Caldwell is described as a 6-foot-2-inch, 221-pound white man with gray hair and blue eyes. ISP said he was last seen wearing a gray shirt and blue pants.
If you have information on Caldwell's whereabouts, call 911 or the Scottsburg Police Department at 812-752-4462.
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