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Police Find Missing 84-Year-Old Woman From Hempfield Twp.

HEMPFIELD, Pa. (KDKA) -- Police in Westmoreland County say they have found a missing woman who suffers from dementia.

State police say 84-year-old Virginia Nemec of Irwin drove off from her home on Hahntown Wendel Road in Hempfield Township around 5 p.m. Tuesday and hadn't been seen since.

Virginia Nemec
Virginia Nemec

Police were concerned because Nemec has diabetes and dementia and did not take her medication with her.

But said she was found Wednesday morning.

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