Man found after he went missing on way to Columbia, police say

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police in a Bootheel town say a missing man with dementia has been found after he went missing on his way to Columbia.

Eugene Thompson was reported missing on Thursday, and his truck was last seen Friday going south on Interstate 55 near Ste. Genevieve, according to an Endangered Silver Alert issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

An update from the patrol Friday afternoon said Thompson had returned home.

Thompson, 77, was seen at his Caruthersville, Missouri, home on Thursday afternoon. He has early-onset dementia and is 5 feet, 11 inches tall; weighs 160 pounds; and has black hair and brown eyes. He drives a 1993 Chevrolet GMT-400 pickup with Missouri license plates 2MAR68.

The alert says Thomas left his home on his way to Columbia to meet his daughter but never arrived. He told his daughter during a phone call that he was at a St. Louis hospital, but he was not there when authorities checked for him.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.