A missing 83-year-old Cobb County man was found safe Tuesday night, police said.

A Mattie’s Call was issued earlier Tuesday for Charles William Poteat, who had last been seen around noon on Westmoreland Drive in Kennesaw.

Poteat was located in good condition at a Texaco gas station off I-75 around 9 p.m., Cobb police said.

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Public Service Commission candidate Peter Hubbard gets a hug from Brionté McCorkle, executive director of Georgia Conservation Voters, during an election-night party in Southwest Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.  (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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