Silver Alert canceled for missing 80-year-old Phoenix man

Dec 30, 2017, 5:12 PM | Updated: 5:14 pm

(Phoenix Police Department Facebook Photo)

PHOENIX — A Silver Alert has been canceled for a missing 80-year-old Phoenix man after he was found and returned to his family on Saturday.

The man, Don Arthur Jr., had been last seen earlier on Friday in the area of 27th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix.

In a press release, police said Arthur Jr. walks with a cane and has a medical condition that may cause him to become disoriented or confused.

He is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. He has gray hair and brown eyes.

The man was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The man also was wearing black-framed eyeglasses sometime on Friday.

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