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Missing Grady hospital patient found

By Christian Boone
Oct 15, 2010

Atlanta police quickly located a missing dementia patient who slipped out of Grady Memorial Hospital early Friday morning.

John Scott, last seen wearing a gold shirt, blue jeans and red and white tennis shoes, was reported missing at 6 a.m., an APD spokeswoman said.

He was found on the 1900 block of Northside Drive.

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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.

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