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Police locate missing 81-year-old woman

Updated Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 | 7:26 p.m.

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Gladis Dalton

An 81-year-old woman missing from her home in the northwest Las Vegas Valley has been located, Metro Police said.

Gladis Dalton was located a short time ago near Sahara Avenue and Desert Inn Road. Police said they received a tip as to her whereabouts.

The woman was in good shape, police said.

She had last been seen near Westcliff and South Cimarron roads early Friday morning.

She has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia and may have been disoriented or confused, police said.

Local hospitals were asked to check their patient registries for anyone who fit Dalton's description.

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