Missing Plymouth Couple Found on Cape

PLYMOUTH, MA — The elderly Plymouth couple who went missing Thursday have been found alive, State Police said early Friday evening.

Police say the MSP Air Wing located John and Jean Bickerstaff conscious and alert in their car in a wooded area in Bourne. John, 90, suffers from dementia. Jean is 87.

Local police are investigating why they ended up there.

Here is an infrared video from the Air Wing via State Police, from when local aid arrived:

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Authorities on Friday continued the search for an elderly Plymouth couple who went missing Thursday. John Bickerstaff, 90, and his wife, Jean, 87, were last seen at their Mountain Hill Road home in Cedarville Thursday at about 9:30 a.m.

An overnight search yielding nothing. A "silver alert" was issued to local authorities.

Police said they believed the couple is driving their blue 2007 Toyota Camry with the license plate number 3666AF.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Plymouth police at 508-746-1212.

John Bickerstaff has early signs of dementia, police said, and his wife usually doesn't drive at night.

Family told police the couple usually doesn't leave Cedarville except to go to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the Shops at 5 in Plymouth, and the Independence Mall in Kingston.

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