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UPDATED: Missing East Northport Man Found OK
BREAKING: William Palmer, 58, who had last been seen Sunday afternoon, was found, police announced Monday afternoon.
Updated 1:35 p.m. April 19: William Palmer, 58, of East Northport, was found unharmed, Suffolk police said Monday afternoon. He had been missing since Sunday.
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EAST NORTHPORT, NY — An East Northport man who suffers from dementia went missing on Sunday afternoon, Suffolk police said.
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William Palmer, 58, a resident of the Birchwood Suites Assisted Living Facility, at 423 Clay Pitts Road, was last seen at the Northport Long Island Rail Road station around 2 p.m. Sunday, according to police. Detectives believe he boarded a westbound train.
Palmer is white, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing jeans, a black zip-up sweater, gray sneakers with orange bottoms and a blue baseball cap.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information on Palmer’s location to call 911 or the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.
Silver Alert is a program in Suffolk County allowing law enforcement to share information with media outlets about people with special needs who have been reported missing.
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