Missing Atlanta veteran found safe in Compton after FOX 11 viewer tip

The Brief

  • Thomas Murrell, a 68-year-old veteran with dementia from Atlanta, was found safe Tuesday after disappearing near LAX on Sunday night.
  • A FOX 11 viewer spotted Murrell at the Compton train station after seeing a news report on Good Day LA, leading LA County sheriff’s deputies to his location.
  • It remains unclear where Murrell spent the nearly 40 hours he was missing or how he traveled from the airport area to Compton.

LOS ANGELES Thomas Murrell has been safely reunited with his family after wandering away from his hotel near Los Angeles International Airport just before a planned cruise.

The 68-year-old veteran from Atlanta, who lives with dementia, was located nearly 40 hours after he was last seen.

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