Missing Dayton woman with dementia found safe

Ruth Bursey. PROVIDED

Ruth Bursey. PROVIDED

An Endangered Missing Adult Alert has been canceled for a missing 80-year-old Dayton woman with dementia and heart problems.

Ruth Ann Bursey was found near a VA center, according to the Dayton Police Department in an X - formerly known as Twitter - post.

Medics were called to check her as a precautionary measure, police said.

Bursey was reported missing after she was last seen walking eastbound on Hoover Avenue toward Gettysburg Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Friday.

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