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UPDATE: Missing Bellevue man found safe in Yakima

Published 1:24 pm Friday, May 22, 2009

83-year-old Bruce Campbell was reported missing in Bellevue Friday morning.
83-year-old Bruce Campbell was reported missing in Bellevue Friday morning.

Bruce Campbell, an 83-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who went missing from his home on West Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast on Friday morning, was found safe Friday afternoon in Yakima.

Campbell was spotted walking in the area of the Target store in his pajamas. He informed the person that he was lost at which time Yakima Police was called to assist. Campbell was taken into protective custody and the family was notified.

Campbell had left home between 5 and 7 a.m., taking the family vehicle and his wallet.

He was wearing dark green and blue argyle/plaid pajamas with grey mid-calf wool socks, a white T-shirt and brown moccasin-style slippers.