Silver Alert canceled for 71-year-old missing woman with dementia last seen on Houston’s south side, HPD says

HOUSTON – A Silver Alert for a missing 71-year-old woman with dementia who was last seen on Houston’s south side Monday night has been canceled after she was found safe Tuesday, according to the Texas Center for Missing.

Emma Gatson Swayzer was last seen at a METRO bus stop in the 9400 block of Coffee Street at around 8:30 p.m. before she was reported missing, the Texas Center for the Missing said.

According to police, she was wearing a cream-colored jacket and light green sweatpants at the time of her disappearance but was found Tuesday. Details of where she was found were not immediately released.

Officers said Swayzer was diagnosed with dementia.


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