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LOCATED: USF police find 80-year-old woman from Morsani Medical Center

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TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida Police Department has located an 80-year-old woman who was last seen at the Morsani Eye Institute on Wednesday afternoon.

Surveillance cameras captured the woman at the medical center, located at 13330 USF Laurel Drive, at around 4:30 p.m. Her husband became concerned when she did not return home later that day, according to police.

Officers said he found her vehicle and cell phone in the parking lot around 7 p.m., but reported that she was not with the vehicle. Police said she may be disoriented and unable to find her way home.

Authorities have since located her safely.

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