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FOUND: 82-year-old man reported missing from Hermosa

By Sun-Times Wire

screen_shot_2019_02_28_at_6.44.43_pm_e1551401122665.png — Johnnie Graves | Chicago police

An 82-year-old man who went missing Wednesday from the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been found.

Johnnie Graves was last seen in the 1900 block of North Karlov, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.

Police canceled the alert Friday morning, stating that Graves had been located. Further details were not released.

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