Crime & Safety
Man With Dementia Went Missing After Thanksgiving Dinner; He Was Found Safe In NJ
The man, 90, was found after his cell phone pinged on the highway, police said.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ — An elderly man with early onset dementia who went missing after Thanksgiving dinner was found safe in Gloucester County, police said.
The 90-year-old man was reported missing out of Mount Laurel. Just before 1 a.m. Friday, his cell phone pinged in the area of Delsea Drive in Washington Township.
Officers found the man in his car about 15 minutes later. He told them that he got lost while heading home from Thanksgiving dinner and was "having a bad day," according to Washington Township police.
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"He was pleasant, cooperative and transported to our Police HQ, where his family soon arrived to pick him up," police said.
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