Crime & Safety

Missing Falmouth Man Found Safe

Police launched a search Thursday.

Police on Thursday found an elderly man who went missing earlier in the day.

Donald Bigelow, 86, was reported missing in Hatchville. He suffers from dementia, police said.

Falmouth police, State Police, and officials with the Barnstable County Sheriff’s office launched a search and found Bigelow safe close to his home.

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He was hospitalized as a precaution.

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