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Atlanta Police search for 81-year-old man with Alzheimer's missing after he went to Family Dollar

Franklin Benton has been missing since Friday afternoon in South Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Police in Atlanta said Saturday morning they were searching for a missing 81-year-old man with Alzheimer's for whom they had issued a Mattie's Call.

According to APD, Franklin Benton was last seen around 4 p.m. on Friday.

The person who reported him missing said Franklin had said he was going to the Family Dollar at 1723 Lakewood Ave.

Franklin is described as standing 5-foot-9, weighing 150 pounds with gray/balding hair and brown eyes. He was wearing brown short pants with beige shoes and beige socks when he left for the Family Dollar.

Credit: Atlanta Police Department

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