Silver Alert canceled for 62-year-old woman in Chandler with cognitive disability

PHOENIX — A Silver Alert was canceled Thursday night for a 62-year-old woman in Chandler with a cognitive disability after she was found safely.

Shirlie Whalen left her sister’s house near Chandler Boulevard and Country Club way at midnight to get cigarettes from a nearby Circle K and never returned.

Whalen was driving a white 2014 Toyota Scion with Arizona license plate CDG5357.

She has a history of strokes and other medical issues in addition to the cognitive disability.

Whalen lives in California and is in town visiting family. She doesn’t have a cell phone.

Whalen was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans and only socks.

She is 5 feet tall, weighs 140 pounds and has blue eyes and red hair. Whalen also has no teeth.

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