By Associated Press - Monday, January 29, 2018

SALINA, Kan. (AP) - Salina police say an elderly man who was the subject of a statewide Silver Alert was found dead in his car.

A Dickinson County deputy on Monday found the body of 89-year-old Gene Oliver Wolfe after receiving a report that a car had gone off a county road.

Wolfe, who had Alzheimer’s and dementia, was reported missing Saturday afternoon. Relatives said he left his home and said he was going to his parents’ gravesite in Manchester.

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Authorities found no signs of foul play and no autopsy will be ordered.

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