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Silver Alert canceled for 79-year-old Phoenix woman

Mar 17, 2020, 9:29 PM | Updated: 10:13 pm

Barbara Jean Scroggins (Arizona DPS Photo)...

Barbara Jean Scroggins (Arizona DPS Photo)

(Arizona DPS Photo)

PHOENIX — A Silver Alert was canceled Tuesday for a 79-year-old woman who went missing in Phoenix earlier in the day.

Barbara Jean Scroggins was located around 6 p.m. and transported to a local hospital.

She is described as being in good health and on her way back to her home to her health care facility.

Scroggins had last been seen in the area of 20th Street and Baseline Road at about 4:30 p.m.

She has a medical condition that may cause her to appear confused or disoriented.

Scroggins is described as 5-foot-2 and 163 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair.

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Silver Alert canceled for 79-year-old Phoenix woman