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Silver Alert for missing Shawnee woman with dementia canceled

By Hana Muslic
Kaye Gwenell Smoot, 61, has dementia and was last seen around 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
Kaye Gwenell Smoot, 61, has dementia and was last seen around 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Submitted

The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office canceled a Silver Alert Tuesday afternoon after a missing 61-year-old woman was located.

Police had issued the release on Tuesday morning after Kaye Gwenell Smoot, who has dementia, went missing.

She had last been seen around 2 a.m., walking away from her residence in the area of 5900 SW Topeka Boulevard.

Smoot was found in an open field on the Topeka Airport Authority’s property around 11:30 a.m. She was taken to a nearby hospital to be medically cleared.

Kaye Gwenell Smoot, 61, has dementia and was last seen around 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
Kaye Gwenell Smoot, 61, has dementia and was last seen around 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Submitted

This story was originally published July 17, 2018 at 12:17 PM.

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