REDMOND, Wash. — An 80-year-old man who suffers from dementia and diabetes was found in a wooded area in Redmond on May 7 at around 7 a.m., the Redmond Police Department (RPD) posted on X.
Yeongcheol Lee left his house between 3 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., his family reported to Redmond police.
After police were unable to find him while searching on the ground, a Drone First Responder (DFR) was deployed to help locate him from the air, RPD posted.
Video posted on X shows the drone hovering above the wooded area, then finding Lee sitting in the bushes, where the pilot relayed his location to officers.
Police found him uninjured and were able to bring him back to his family, the post said.
🚨DFR technology leads officers to a missing endangered man🚨
— RedmondWaPD (@RedmondWaPD) May 15, 2025
On May 7, around 7 a.m., Redmond officers responded to a reported missing endangered 80-year-old man who suffers from dementia and diabetes. The family of Yeongcheol Lee told police he had left his residence in the… pic.twitter.com/HjSHt6IJZh
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