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Silver Alert canceled after missing Mesa woman found

Dec 26, 2018, 11:03 PM | Updated: Dec 27, 2018, 1:42 am

(Mesa Police Department)...

(Mesa Police Department)

(Mesa Police Department)

PHOENIX — A Silver Alert was canceled for a missing Mesa woman Thursday morning.

According to authorities, Patty Watts, 75, was located by the Gila River Police Department at 12:07 a.m. in the area of Interstate 10 and milepost 179.

She was in good health.

Watts, who suffers from dementia and is also diabetic, went missing Wednesday morning.

According to police, Watts left her home after she said she was going shopping, and later that afternoon her debit card was charged at a Circle K in Tucson.

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Silver Alert canceled after missing Mesa woman found