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Silver Alert issued for 77-year-old Fayetteville man with dementia

Authorities have issued a Silver Alert for Edward Cavanaugh, who was last seen on Friday afternoon in Fayetteville.
Posted 2023-05-13T00:02:19+00:00 - Updated 2023-05-13T00:02:19+00:00
Authorities have issued a Silver Alert for Edward Cavanaugh, who was last seen on Friday afternoon in Fayetteville. Photo courtesy of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a 77-year-old Fayetteville man with dementia.

Authorities have issued a Silver Alert for Edward Cavanaugh.

Cavanaugh was last seen at about 12:35 p.m. Friday near Gillespie Street and Ash Street in Fayetteville.

The sheriff's office said Cavanaugh was driving a red F-150 with a green camper with a South Carolina license plate "LJJ 492."

Cavanaugh was last seen wearing a tan baseball cap, tan short sleeve shirt, navy blue pants, and brown slippers. He is 6'1", 140 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on Cavanaugh's whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at 910-321-6755 or CrimeStoppers at 910-483-8477.

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