88-year-old Sacramento man missing for two days found safe, police say

An 88-year-old man who was missing for nearly two days has been found safe, Sacramento Police reported on social media Friday night.

After going missing for more than 24 hours, California Highway Patrol’s Sacramento Communication Center issued a Silver Alert at 11:55 p.m. Thursday for the man’s car, according to CHP’s incident log.

A day earlier, Sacramento Police Department posted to social media that the 88-year-old man was last seen in Davis and may have been heading toward Sacramento, but did not make it to his Sacramento home.

The Silver Alert is a quick-response system aimed toward locating elderly people who have disappeared without explanation or under suspicious circumstances, and who are considered at-risk due to factors of age, health and possible cognitive impairments. When a Silver Alert is in place, be-on-the-lookout orders are issued to CHP personnel in all affected areas.

This story was originally published October 5, 2018 at 7:39 AM.