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Officials say Louis Hesser has been located and is safe.
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Iredell County, N.C. — A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 70-year-old man in Iredell County.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Louis Henry Hesser was last seen heading to Barker Store on Highway 21 in Harmony around 5 p.m. Sunday.
Hesser is described as 5-foot-11 and 270 pounds, with short gray hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a U.S. Navy hat, blue jeans and white sneakers.
Officials also say Hesser is diabetic and “has suffered from a stroke in the past.”
If you have any information, you’re asked to call 911 or the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office at 804-878-3180.