Calgary senior missing from Whitehorn found: police
Police vehicles at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on Thursday, April 9, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
Calgary police say a missing senior has been located.
The 76-year-old woman was reported missing from the 5200 block of 44 Avenue N.E., in the community of Whitehorn, just before 9 p.m. on Monday.
On Wednesday morning, police issued an update saying she had been found.
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