A Silver Alert has been called off after the subject was located.
The alert's deactivation was announced Monday by CHP - Alerts
, the California Highway Patrol's account for disseminating details and flyers tied to active alerts. “This SILVER ALERT has been deactivated. The subject has been located,” the post read.
The CHP Post
The CHP post tagged @UCSDPOLICE and instructed anyone who spotted the subject to call 9-1-1.
California's Silver Alert System
California's Silver Alert program, which is used to help locate missing elderly or cognitively impaired residents, was established through Senate Bill 1047 and became law in 2012 by adding section 8594.10 to the state Government Code, according to the California Highway Patrol. These alerts are part of the same statewide notification network that pushes out missing-persons information to the public and media in hopes of a quick resolution, as happened in this case.
San Diego County has seen other Silver Alerts activated this year. A separate case in July involved a 79-year-old woman last seen in Chula Vista, according to a search-result snippet from 10News. That case, like this one, underscores how often the alerts are used locally to mobilize public attention quickly when an at-risk resident goes missing.
For now, the case has reached its resolution with the subject located and the alert deactivated.
