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UPDATE: Missing Clarksville couple with dementia seen in Greenbrier this morning

UPDATE: Missing Clarksville couple with dementia seen in Greenbrier this morning

Paul Elam and Daisy Roberts (Courtesy CPD). Photo: Clarksville Now


Update, 4:25 p.m.: The couple was seen in Greenbrier, Tennessee, today at about 8 a.m. An officer with Greenbrier Police made contact with them because their van was out of gas. The officer helped them get gas, and they told him they were heading back to Clarksville, according to an update from CPD.

An anonymous tip was received stating the couple was possibly seen near the U.S. Post Office on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard at about 9 a.m.

Previously:

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two missing persons suffering from mild cases of dementia.

Daisy Roberts, 63, and Paul Elam, 69, have not been heard from since Tuesday, Feb. 23 according to a news release from CPD’s Detective Michael Patterson.

Paul Elam and Daisy Roberts’ Dodge Caravan (Courtesy CPD).

 

Roberts’ son told CPD that his mother and Elam left their Dunbar Cave Road residence between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to pick him up from work on Tuesday, but they never arrived.

When the son did arrive back at the pair’s residence, his mother, Elam and their van were not there. Neither Roberts nor Elam have cell phones.

The pair are believed to be traveling in a black, 2005 Dodge Caravan with Tennessee license plates reading DP80291.

CPD also advises that the van has damage to the driver’s side door.

Roberts is 5-foot-2, and she weighs 130 pounds. Elam is 5-foot-6 and weighs 260 pounds.

Anyone with information, please contact Detective Terrill, 931-648-0656, ext. 5242. Those with information can also call CPD’s Tipsline at 931-645-8477, or go online and submit a tip anonymously at P3tips.com/591.

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