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Silver Alert Cancelled After Police Find Elderly Woman With Dementia

Posted at 12:40 PM, Oct 12, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-12 18:08:09-04

A Silver Alert was issued in Nashville for an elderly woman who suffers from dementia, but was later cancelled after she was found safe.

Officials with Metro Nashville Police said 83-year-old Patsy Renfro wandered away from her home on Richmond Hill Drive overnight.

Police said Renfro lives with family members who last saw her at 11:30 p.m. They reported her missing when they discovered her gone Thursday morning. 

Officials said she was found okay at Ewing Drive and Richmond Hill Drive. She was transported to a local hospital for evaluation.