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Police Find Elderly New Gloucester Man

The type of car Mitchell was driving, a 2017 Hyundai Accent.


NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (WGAN)  An elderly New Gloucester man was found safe Tuesday morning after he drove to Connecticut.

State Police say 93-year-old William Mitchell was located in a parking lot of a housing project in Deep River, Conn. — a four-hour drive from Maine.

Mitchell, who has dementia, apparently to trying to locate his daughter in Norfolk, Conn. on the opposite end of state.

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