Crime & Safety
Police Brief: Missing Copley Man Is OK
Utah Waldrup came home on his own late yesterday.
A Copley Township Police dispatcher is reporting that a missing local man with memory problems drove home on his own.
Utah Waldrup, 89, of Kendall Road, left his home early Wednesday and drove as far as southern Ohio. Police said the man has dementia.
"Apparently he got down there and got confused about where he wanted to go, but he knew the way home," the dispatcher said.
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Police believe Waldrup wanted to visit his sister in Marshall, N.C. A statewide alert was issued for him and the car he was driving.
Waldrup is the elderly man to go missing in the Fairlawn-Bath Patch area this week.
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Bath Township man disappeared Sunday morning. He was found Tuesday (July 26) in the woods near his home and was admitted to Akron General Medical Center where he remains today (July 28) in good condition.
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