Missing elderly Attunga man found after police search near Tamworth

Victor Woods was found just after 6am after he disappeared from Palmer Street in Attunga, late on Friday night.

Police and community members spent the night searching for the 76-year-old who wandered off from his home, and suffers from dementia.

He was last seen about 11pm before worried family members called police for help to find him.

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Officers scoured the surrounding areas into the early hours of the morning, before he was eventually found at 6.15am.

Mr Woods was taken to Tamworth hospital via ambulance paramedics to be checked by doctors.

Police said he was hospitalised as a precaution.

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