UPDATED: 7:59 p.m., Tuesday:
The missing 70-year-old man was located safe in Trenton Tuesday evening.
Police said the man made his way from Falls Township to the Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown Township. From there, he paid a bus fare and went to the Trenton Transportation Center in New Jersey’s capital city.
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Thanks to a tip, police went to the mall and then the train station in Trenton and located the man. He was safe.
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Falls Township police and firefighters were looking for a missing endangered man Tuesday evening.
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As of 6:55 p.m., authorities were scouring the township and surrounding areas looking for 70-year-old Bhupendra Patel.
Patel was last seen on Nicole’s Way in the Morrisville section of Falls Township in the morning, Fire Marshal Rich Dippolito said. Police added the last contact was at 10:30 a.m.
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Patel is blind in one eye, has memory loss, does not know where he lives, and does not speak English, authorities said.
“Bhupendra is believed to be in considerable danger given his age, diagnosis, and environmental conditions,” police said in a statement.
Patel was last known to be wearing a blue hoodie and brown pants. He is 5-feet-tall and 160 pounds.
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Anyone with information on Patel’s whereabouts has been asked to contact police dispatch at 215-328-8519 or 911.
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