The Garden Grove Police Department has canceled a Silver Alert that it issued following the disappearance of an 84-year-old man diagnosed with dementia.

Rosendo Cruz was reported missing around 8 a.m. Friday, after he walked away from his home on the 8600 block of Dudman Drive in Garden Grove.

By 5 p.m., Cruz was found safe and authorities were in the process of reuniting him with his family.

Cruz, who is diagnosed with dementia, had no previous reports of going missing and is not known to go for walks on his own, loved ones said.

Due to his diagnosis and need for medication, Cruz was considered to be at-risk.

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