Elderly man with dementia lost while driving near highway 55 south, Columbia KY
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Missing PersonAn elderly man with dementia was driving a dark-colored Toyota near Highway 55 South and became lost. Officers and family attempted to locate him and monitored his movements to ensure his safety.
Audio|Heard on: Adair County Public Safety
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04:58
Transcript:
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Employees calls originating near Highway 55 South.
00:05
College advising, there is an 88-year-old male driving a dark-colored Toyota extended cast, 12 model, unknown 47, showed up at the residence and was advising that he was lost.
00:17
Right.
00:22
I'm headed towards town.
00:26
The advice had been driving around lost.
00:30
Description of the mail is going to be green shirt,
00:34
blue jeans, and a hearing aid.
00:36
The advice in the mail showed up at approximately 5,
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left approximately one minute before a call.
00:43
Call at 2.13.
00:53
Acknowledgment / message received and CAB 2,000 column-model.
01:03
This is you go ahead with 47.
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King 5 Tom 834 5 Tom 834
01:18
Registrations Act there is 104.
01:23
That's not going to be the vehicle? Just check local on that name,
01:42
see if right here, he might with Russell County as well.
01:48
That's going to be a 10th.
01:50
In Russell County, I'm familiar with the subject.
02:01
The abbreviation of the first rule name or anything like that.
02:06
That's negative, huh? Aversive,
02:09
Regis B.
02:12
I am familiar with him.
02:13
He does have...
02:15
Probably sometimes find a way home.
02:18
I'm going to see if I can't make contact with his daughter or wife.
02:26
I don't have back door to speak.
02:29
I can go down that way, finding.
02:36
I mean, who was that they called us here?
02:44
This is going to be our original calling.
02:52
Your call.
03:02
Tim, (number withheld), how was exposed? I'm going to be up here at the roadside park, so I'll observe for this vehicle.
03:13
Thank you.
03:14
Hi here.
03:24
I'm with his ex-wife.
03:26
She is just going to stand by see if we can't find him.
03:30
Right.
03:35
She said that he does have a real bad dimension and gets lost a lot.
03:40
Not real for sure where he would go over here.
03:47
Contact with them.
03:49
We don't need to be in the area.
03:56
I'm down just by the park here.
04:18
Two and three, six.
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(name withheld).
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He's slowing down.
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I'm not for sure if he's going.
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He's going to stop for Notties.
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We're going 22 miles an hour.
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He's just confused, I think.
04:56
Probably I'll be out with him.
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Location mentioned:
KY-55, Columbia, KY 42728
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