Alzheimer’s patient missing from Sunrise found in Port St. Lucie

December 6th, 2009 by Sun-Sentinel

An 82-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing about 5:30 a.m. Saturday has been found, Sunrise police said.

Alvin Chasco was last seen at his residence in the 6600 block of Northwest 26th Street. He left in his silver 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. He was found in good condition around 4 p.m. in Port St. Lucie when his car ran out of gas, police said.

Chasco said he wanted to go home, thinking he wanted to go to Wisconsin where he is originally from.

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3 Responses to “Alzheimer’s patient missing from Sunrise found in Port St. Lucie”

honda522 Says:
December 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Terrible disease but there needs to be more control of driving privileges. Next thing is forgetting about red lights. Lucky no one was hurt.
Don Coper Says:
December 6th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
And we think that this people should be driving? Are we nuts? Do you want to be the sucker hit by them?
Bob Walton Says:
December 8th, 2009 at 10:07 am
It seems a guardianship is in order.

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Alzheimer’s patient missing from Sunrise found in Port St. Lucie

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