Vulnerable missing senior found after RCMP issued an Emergency alert
Update (6:50 a.m.): Officers report that they have found the missing man, and he is safe.
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You might have been woken up to an early alarm this morning when RCMP issued an emergency alert for a missing senior.
Officers are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a 71-year-old who was last seen on Wednesday in Lawrencetown.
In the alert that was sent out around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, officers say he is 5-foot-8, balding, has a grey beard and is wearing glasses, a beige jacket, and blue jeans.
They also note that he walks with a gait, meaning that he has trouble walking, and officers are asking anyone with information on where he might be to contact RCMP.