Elderly St. Petersburg Man Found

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The St. Petersburg Police Department says Earl Vincent McKay has been located in Myakka City. The Silver Alert has been canceled.

Earlier:

St. Petersburg Police are asking Tampa Bay area residents to keep their eyes out for a missing elderly man described as endangered by authorities.

Earl Vincent McKay was last seen around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 at his home on 35th Terrace North. “He suffers from Alzheimer’s and may be delusional,” an email from the agency to media said.

McKay, 81, is described as standing 6-foot-1. He weighs an estimated 220 pounds and has blue eyes and gray hair. He is clean shaven.

Police say he was driving a four-door silver 2005 Hyundai Sonata with tag number UTA3S. The car has a rear bumper sticker that says “There are no ex-Marines,” police say.

Anyone with information about McKay’s whereabouts is asked to call the St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780.

Photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Police Department