A 71-year-old Poway man who suffers from Alzheimer's was found safe in the Valley Center area early today, authorities said.
A search and rescue operation was launched for Fernando Pacheco Monday evening. He had last been seen walking south on Midland Road around 3:30 p.m. Monday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, which set up a command post on the north side of Midland Elementary.
Sometime before 8:30 a.m. today, a citizen found Pacheco in the Valley Center area, sheriff's Lt. Clayton Lisk said, adding that he was unharmed and was being returned to his family in Poway.
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It was not immediately clear how he got from Poway to Valley Center.
—City News Service
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