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Saturday, June 16, 2018
Public safety

Missing 68-year-old Palm Harbor man found in Dunedin

Times staff
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Updated: April 29, 2013 at 09:45 PM

PALM HARBOR — Pinellas County sheriff's deputies have located an elderly Palm Harbor man who had been missing from his assisted living facility since early Monday morning.

Lyle Dokken, 68, was located "safe and unhurt" in Dunedin Monday afternoon, according to the Sheriff's Office. He had not been seen at the Harbor Chase Assisted Living Facility at 2690 Tampa Road since 7 a.m.

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