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Missing woman with dementia found; Silver Alert canceled

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Police say an elderly woman with dementia who walked away from a Shreveport hospital Friday has been found.

Louisiana State Police issued a statewide Silver Alert late Friday for 67-year-old Sherry Wyant, who was last seen leaving Shriner’s Hospital on Woodrow and Dowdell Street around 5 p.m.

Wyant was believed to either be on foot or to have possibly taken a bus back to Oklahoma. 

On Saturday morning, police confirmed Wyant was located and is safe.