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UPDATE: Missing elderly Arizona man found dead

UPDATE: Missing elderly Arizona man found dead
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UPDATE: Mohave County Sheriff's officials Thilmore Newman was found dead Thursday afternoon.
  
The county medical examiner says the 88-year-old died of natural causes.

ORIGINAL STORY

Police need your help finding a man that went missing in Kingman, Arizona.

Investigators say 88-year-old Thilmore Newman left his home on the morning of Aug. 18 in his maroon or burgundy 1997 Subaru 4 door sedan bearing Arizona license plate of WCGNJ36.
 
Neighbors contacted the Sheriff Office on Aug. 20 around 12:30 p.m., after they entered the home due to his dog barking.
 
They became worried when they saw his cell phone and other belongings along with the dog.
 
Newman suffered a stroke recently and has trouble walking. 
 
Last time his family talked to him, he advised that he has quit taking his prescribed medications and that he feels good.
 
His family advised that it is odd for him not to have contacted family and that he left his dog and cell phone inside the trailer.
 
If you have seen him please contact the Mohave County Sheriff Office at 928-753-0753.