Missing Cape Breton man with Alzheimer’s found

Posted Apr 16, 2011 06:32:12 AM.

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A 90-year-old man who wandered away from his home in Cape Breton has been found safe and sound.

Police say Clyde Wallace Phillips, who has Alzheimer’s disease, walked away from his home in Sydney around 2 o’clock Friday afternoon.

His family feared he had wandered into the woods.

Police say Phillips was found several hours later in the Hornes Road area in good condition.

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