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20 July 2025
Missing person treated for exposure after spending three hours in a drain

A frail 79-year-old man with dementia has been treated for exposure and is recovering after going missing from a nursing home in Mason Street, Wangaratta on Friday evening.

Sergeant Martin Torpey of Wangaratta police said officers were notified at 9pm Friday that the man had been missing since 5:40pm.

A search was conducted using Police Airwing, SES, police uniform and the highway patrol.

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