AN ELDERLY MAN MISSING SINCE SATURDAY WAS FOUND IN GADSEN COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY GADSEN COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND 76 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BURKE DRIVING HIS CAR ON HIGHWAY 90 IN QUINCY, WHICH IS IN THE PANHANDLE NORTHWEST OF TALLAHASSEE AND JUST SOUTH OF THE GEORGIA STATE LINE. BURKE WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL EVALUATION, AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE CONTACTED AND ARE TRAVELING TO GADSEN COUNTY TO BE REUNITED WITH HIM. BURKE WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HE DROVE AWAY FROM A RELATIVE’S HOME ON GREEN VIEW DRIVE. BURKE IS VISITING THE AREA FROM OHIO AND NEEDS MEDICATION THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE WITH HIM. HE IS ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE MEMORY ISSUES AND HAS SLURRED SPEECH. THE SILVER ALERT WAS CANCELLED JUST BEFORE 12:30 THIS MORNING WHEN HIS RED DODGE CALIBER WAS LOCATED.
