Elderly man with Alzheimer's reported missing on Route 40, Wheeling WV
Missing PersonAn elderly man with Alzheimer's disease left a vehicle and was reported missing while walking on Route 40 near exit 5 in Wheeling, WV. After a search involving police and emergency responders, he was found and returned to the vehicle with his sister-in-law. They are now heading home.
Audio|Source: Wheeling Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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The black baseball hat, blue jeans, name is (name withheld).
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31.
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Good, 31.
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You got any information on these dogs as I still on him.
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Rescue one in quarters
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Negative,
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I asked the caller, the third party caller,
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for him to have his wife call in,
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and she has not.
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Rescue one in.
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Yeah, four, you should be clear, I don't see him.
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I'll head out the five and I'll look for that guy.
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Call it.
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13, where's the five-man location of this man?
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He's exit 5 eastbound.
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He had jumped out of the vehicle, was running back towards the interstate, he is now coming back down the exit ramp.
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Callers me a dark blue Chevy Traverse.
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The last-man location is halfway down, exit 5 towards the National Road.
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4-2, I'm at exit 5.
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Coffee, 4-2.
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It's halfway down the ramp.
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That was the last man location, my apartment disconnected.
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What's the description on him again?
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Black baseball hat closing.
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The only thing you have one of the black baseball cap?
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I'm saying, but I'm trying to contact you call it back.
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We're getting a mic calls in here for different things.
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4-2, I think, uh, Sam, he's there by McDonald.
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Copy. Okay.
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No-in-law, he's walking the other direction.
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I'm going to try to make contact with it.
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Dispatch 4-2.
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I have a caller-in-law.
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She says she is heading back.
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She went to Pizza Hut.
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She's heading back that way.
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Dispatch 3.1.
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Dispatch 3132.
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Vehicle crash, 26 and Chaplin Street.
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Engine 11, dispatch.
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Engine 11, go ahead.
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Is there a wreck on exit 5?
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30 check off.
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3-2, can you repeat?
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I copy.
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Negative. What we have is an elderly gentleman has Alzheimer's, and was not very patient with traffic, and so he got out of the vehicle, so they're looking for him walking on Route 40.
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Copy.
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The... Police vehicles are there with their op-the-coms on and they're holding up that national road in Kruger Street light.
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All right, be advised.
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There's actually a problem with that light.
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We've notified authorities.
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We've got multiple things going on in that area.
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That's coffee.
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Thank you for the explanation.
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Had before.
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Four to disbred.
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I didn't catch.
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What's this female driving?
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Disregard.
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Chevy Traverse
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53, clear the jail, and I'll back to the city.
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Copy, five, three.
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Zero one just been.
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Go ahead.
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I'm off tape.
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Coffee.
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14. I'm getting off the 4th of 4.
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You got any update in anything?
04:55
Well, we made contact with him.
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He's back in the vehicle with the sister-in-law.
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They're heading home right now.
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US-40, Wheeling, WV
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