MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies said an Ocala couple in their 90s who left their home to visit family in South Florida and never arrived has been found safe.
Marion County deputies said Wendall Crist, 93, and Joan Crist, 90, left their home on Southwest 95th Ave. to meet family in Ft. Lauderdale but never made it. A search was launched for the couple before they were found safe Tuesday afternoon.
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Investigators said their car, a 2015 white Mercedes-Benz CLA bearing Florida tag DPSS84, was spotted around 3:30 p.m. on March 19 on State Road 200, passing SW 60th Ave. in Ocala.
Deputies said a neighbor may also have seen them on Southwest 95th Ave on March 20.
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