Titusville woman, 86, missing on New Years Day found safe

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A missing 86-year-old woman who was last seen on New Years Day at Parrish Medical Center has been found safe, Titusville police said Sunday.

Police issued a silver alert for Mary Acuff, who lives in Titusville, on Saturday evening. She was last seen at 11 a.m. Saturday in hospital, police said in a news release.

Acuff was found safe around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.

“Titusville Police have issued a Silver Alert, are following up on investigative leads and alerting media and social media in reference to this urgent, high-priority incident,” Deputy Police Chief Todd Hutchinson said in the statement. a press release on Sunday afternoon.

“We are pleased that she was found unharmed within 24 hours by alert and vigilant officers,” Hutchinson said.

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Rick Neale is the South Brevard Watchdog reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at 321-242-3638 or [email protected]. Twitter: @RickNeale1

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