Missing Smyrna man, 77, found in St. Louis
The 77-year-old Smyrna man who went missing Saturday morning has been found, police said.
In St. Louis.
Melvin E. Campbell had last been seen at his Woodlands Apartment home on Woodlands Drive in Smyrna by his son at 7:30 Saturday morning.
“He has had a history of leaving his residence and traveling long distances,” police said of Campbell, who walks with the use of a walker and drags his feet. “He has been located in New Orleans in the recent past, as well as Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.”
Campbell took a bus from Atlanta to Nashville, then another bus to St. Louis, where he was found, Smyrna police spokesman Robert Harvey told the AJC.
"He was attempting to get transportation to Tulsa, Oklahoma, then ultimately to California, where we understand he has family," Harvey said.
Campbell was then transported to a St. Louis hospital to ensure his health is stable. Campbell is dependent on insulin and has dementia and cardiac issues.
Any more time without his medication and Campbell would have been in grave danger of becoming deathly ill, Harvey said.
