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PEMBROKE, GA (WTOC) -

Police have found a dementia patient who went missing Tuesday night in Pembroke.

Willie Ruff, 74, went missing at approximately 1 p.m. Tuesday near his Williams Rd. home.

Georgia State Patrol Night Hawk Divison found Ruff in the woods near his home around 11 p.m.

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