James Warren Martin Found
INDEPENDENCE, Ky. -- James Warren Martin, who was reported as missing Monday, was found late Monday night in Tennessee.
Martin was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road in Oneida, Tenn., over 200 miles away from Independence, Ky.
Police pulled Martin over and found him to be in good health.
A critical missing “Golden Alert” was issued Monday by Kenton County officials for the 84-year-old man diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease after he went missing.
Frank Noble Missing
Frank Noble
MONROE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Monroe County Deputies are looking for a missing 83-year-old man with Alzheimer's who disappeared Sunday night on his way home after a evening with his son-in-law, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies say Frank Noble left his son-in-law's home on Ballplay Rd. around 8:30 Monday night, and he was headed to his home on Old Federal Rd.
Noble apparently didn't arrive home.
He takes medication for Alzheimer's and dementia, but Bill Meadows, Noble's son-in-law, told officers that Noble "appeared normal" when he left Meadows' home, deputies say.
A friend who followed Noble in the direction of his home said Noble continued on Highway 68 toward his home, after the friend turned off the highway.
Law officers were called around 10:30 p.m., after Meadows and his wife tried unsuccessfully to contact Noble.
Noble was last seen driving a silver, 2005 Chrysler Pacifica with license plate number 192-DNR.
Anyone with information should call the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at 423-442-3911, or the dispatch center at 423-442-4357.
Robert Lee Dixon Found in Georgia
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Loudon County Sheriff's Office has located the elderly Lenoir City man who had been missing since Monday afternoon.
Deputies told Volunteer TV News that Robert Lee Dixon, 71 was found in Fayette County, Georgia last Wednesday evening. They apparently located him only after he had been involved in a minor car accident. He wasn’t hurt, but paramedics took him to a nearby hospital to undergo a checkup.
Authorities had put out a “Be On The Look Out For” bulletin out to neighboring counties and states about Dixon on Monday evening. According to the bulletin, he suffers from several medial issues including dementia, heart problems and emphysema.
Blaine Whitted Found
SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- The search for a missing man in Sevier County is now over.
Kingsport Police found Blaine Whitted, 86 safe around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Whitted was reported missing Thursday after cashing a check at the Sevierville Walmart around 3:30 p.m. and failing to return home.
His condition was not released.
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SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) – Authorities were still searching for a missing Sevierville man late Thursday night.
Blaine Whitted, 86 was last seen around 3:30 p.m. Thursday when he went to cash a check at the Sevierville Walmart.
Officials with the Catons Chapel-Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Department told Volunteer TV News that Whitted suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, is blind in one eye and can’t drive at night.
He is described as weighing around 160 pounds. He is 6’0” feet tall but walks with a hunch that lowers him to about 5’6”.
Whitted was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue and green striped shirt and green jacket.
Whitted’s granddaughter told Volunteer TV News that the World War II veteran was last seen driving a silver 1994 Nissan hard body pickup truck with a racing stripe.
If you’ve seen him, call your local authorities or the Catons Chapel-Richardson Cove VFD at (865) 428-1177.
Volunteer TV News had a crew on scene overnight. We'll have the latest on East Tennessee This Morning at 5:00 a.m. and VolunteerTV.com.
Judy Clark Missing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Metro police are searching for a 57-year-old woman with dementia who went missing from her West Nashville apartment on Sunday.
Judy Clark was last seen wearing blue jeans and a white elbow-length shirt. Clark is 5 feet 4 inches tall with white hair and weighs about 100 pounds. She may have a red and gray blanket wrapped around her.
Police said a relative of Clark's last spoke with her early Sunday morning. She has not been seen since.
Police are not sure if she left her apartment on her own.
Anyone with information about Judy Clark's whereabouts is asked to call Metro Nashville Police at (615) 862-7747.
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Tennesse Silver Alert Program
Amy Cox spends her days caring for senior citizens in East Tennessee
, and recently, she spent her time at home doing the same.
Cox cared for her grandmother, Evelyn Baucum, for about two years. Baucum suffered from dementia and, every now and then, took the opportunity to slip away.
"With a senior adult, it's just like with a child, you can go upstairs for a minute to take a shower, and they can be out the door," Cox said. "I mean, she would get out and be heading down the neighborhood."
Baucum never wandered far, but if she had, Cox said she would have liked to have some sort of alert system to help find her.
Now, there is.
Back in August, Gov. Phil Bredesen signed legislation that creates an alert system, known as Silver Alert, that acts much like the Amber Alert system.
The alert would go into effect for a missing person over the age of 60 who has some sort of mental impairment and is believed to be in danger.
"When it comes to seniors, it is critically important to find those that may have wandered off within the first 24 hours - that seems to be the real window of opportunity - and that means you have to get the word out quickly to law enforcement
, to media, to the general public, and get everyone involved in trying to find those who have, for some reason, not found their way home," said State Sen. Doug Overbey, R-Maryville, who co-sponsored the bill.
The Alzheimer's Association estimates around 100,000 Tennesseans are living with Alzheimer's Disease.
Six out of ten of them will likely wander away at some point. Of those, half will be found within five miles from home; if the others are not found within 24 hours, half will be seriously injured or die.
That's why Cox is thankful for the Silver Alert system.
"I think it should have been done a long time ago," she said. "There again, I think it goes hand in hand with the Amber Alert - we protect those in our population who are vulnerable, which, automatically, you would think of children and the elderly, particularly those with cognitive loss who cannot protect themselves. It makes perfect sense to me."
The Alzheimer's Association is reaching out to East Tennessee law enforcement agencies to help with training and to help develop protocols for using the system.
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=101959&provider=gnews
Dispatcher: Missing dementia patient, Joe Hopper, found alive
A dementia patient who went missing Saturday night has been found less than 500 feet from the facility he went missing from — alive.
Joe Hopper, 71, was found moments ago (around 1 p.m.) about 500 feet away from 6980 John Bragg Highway, the location of a veterans’ residential home.
According to over-the-air police chatter, Hopper is being transported to Middle Tennessee Medical Center. Emergency workers are in the process of notifying Hopper’s son.
Billy Jakes, who runs the veterans’ facility, reported Hopper missing Sunday morning, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Hooper is known to have mobility problems due to his advanced age and knee/hip surgeries.
Ground searches were conducted throughout the day Monday and Tuesday.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20091013/NEWS01/91013017/Dispatcher++Missing+dementia+patient++Joe+Hopper++found+alive+
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