UPDATE:
GASTONIA, NC – Police say a missing 84-year-old man with possible cognitive issues has been found safe by EMS out of our area.
A Missing Endangered Alert has been canceled for Thomas Waterson.
ORIGINAL STORY:
GASTONIA, NC – The Gastonia Police Department is asking for help to find 84-year-old Thomas Waterson.
His family says he may be suffering from a cognitive impairment.
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued a Missing Endangered Alert for him.
Waterson was last seen leaving a home on Kinmere Drive in Gastonia in a gold 2017 Ford Escape with NC tag TVM1239.
Investigators say his SUV was spotted in Cherryville and that he may be heading to Fallston.
If you see Waterson, or know where he might be, call Det. D. Whitlock at the Gastonia Police Department at (704) 866-6702.