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Missing Alzheimer's patient dies after exposure to cold
Posted: 01.22.2013 at 11:32 AM
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86-year-old woman wanders away from home

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WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP -- An elderly woman who wandered away from her home yesterday dies after being exposed to the cold.

The Bay County Sheriff's Department received a call in the early morning hours about a missing Alzheimer's patient in western Bay County's Williams Township.

Members from the Aubun Williams and Beaver Township fire departments responded to help, along with the Michigan State Police K-9 division.

The woman was found around 7:30 a.m. in the area of Flajole and W. North Union.

She was taken to Midland Hospital where she passed away.

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