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Eugene Reed Found

DERRY — An 85-year-old Silvestri Circle man with dementia was found safe in Brookline, Mass., yesterday morning after he was picked up while hitchhiking, police said.

Eugene Reed, a resident of Hillside Estates, was found about 6 a.m. at the corner of Beacon Street and Park Drive, according to Brookline police Lt. Philip Harrington. Reed was cold and appeared confused, but otherwise fine, Harrington said.

He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to be examined, but no further details were available from the hospital.

Harrington said Reed was seen trying to get into a car in Brookline when the vehicle's owner saw him and called police.

Reed had a veterans identification card with him. When police ran a check on it, they learned Reed had been reported missing.

Reed, believed to be heading to Dorchester, Mass., was reported missing by a caretaker about 5 p.m. Thursday, Derry police Sgt. Eric Kester.

An unidentified Haverhill, Mass. man picked Reed up on Chester Road and gave him a ride to Route 213 in Methuen, Kester said.

"There was no criminal intent or anything," Kester said. " He just gave him a ride."

Reed suffers from memory loss, he said. Family members could not be reached for comment yesterday. Residents of the apartment complex where Reed lives said they did not know the 85-year-old man.

"I am glad it had a happy ending," Harrington said.