Thurston County sheriff’s deputies have located a 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing from his home in the area of Kagy Street and 54th Avenue late Thursday night.
Thurston County sheriff’s deputies have located a 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing from his home in the area of Kagy Street and 54th Avenue late Thursday night.
Relatives found the man standing outside the Greyhound bus station in downtown Olympia around 10:30 a.m. Friday, Thurston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Brady said. “It could have been really bad with this weather we’re having,” Brady said.
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