Elderly woman located safe after being reported missing

Courtesy of Rhode Island State Police.

By: News Staff

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SLATERSVILLE, R.I. – Rhode Island Police have dismissed a silver alert Wednesday evening after locating a 78-year-old woman previously reported missing.

According to State Police, Lillian Belcher who has Alzheimer’s Disease and type 2 Diabetes, was last scene on Belcher Avenue around 8:00 a.m., in Slatersville.

She drives a 2008 white Buick Lucerne with RI registration ‘JB-137,’ and was last scene wearing a green fleece jacket and black pants.

Police say Belcher is five feet tall, weighs around 140 lbs, has short gray hair, and blue eyes.

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