SAFE Alert canceled after missing 77-year-old woman last seen in Phoenix found safe

Authorities canceled a SAFE alert Wednesday after a missing 77-year-old woman was found safe.

The Phoenix Police Department said Jill Heard contacted her family and was in good health.

When the alert was first issued, Heard had been last seen driving a white 2017 Toyota Camry on Loop 101 Pima Freeway around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

She is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 147 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes, police said.

Heard has a medical condition that can cause confusion.

SAFE Alerts have replaced Silver Alerts in Arizona as a way to spread the word about missing persons who are 65 and older and missing persons who have dementia or developmental/cognitive disabilities.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Kylie Werner contributed to this report. 

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