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Silver Alert canceled for 78-year-old in Gilbert after being found

Aug 8, 2022, 2:06 PM | Updated: 4:07 pm

Ina Jenkins (Arizona DPS Photo)

(Arizona DPS Photo)

PHOENIX — A Silver Alert was canceled Monday after a 78-year-old woman with dementia was found after going missing in Gilbert.

Ina Jenkins was last seen at the memory care facility she resides at near Baseline and Recker roads at about 4:30 a.m.

The alert for Jenkins was issued just before 2 p.m. on Monday and was canceled before 4 p.m.

Jenkins was wearing a gray short-sleeve T-shirt with a NASA logo on the front and red plaid pajama bottoms.

She is 5-foot-5, weighs 144 pounds and has white hair and blue eyes.

No further details were made available at this time.

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Silver Alert canceled for 78-year-old in Gilbert after being found