JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The daughter of a man missing since Thursday said he has been found safe this morning.
Kara Kavanaugh said Donald Lee Smith was found this morning walking along 103rd Street in west Jacksonville near Jammes Road.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's office said Smith was found due to a tip from a concerned citizen.
Smith, 61, had last been seen walking out of the Sunrise food store on Plymouth Street at Lake Shore Boulevard. He was reportedly wearing a Navy shirt, blue jeans and a tan baseball bat.
Police said he was reported missing about 8 p.m. Thursday after he never made it back to his home on Mull Street -- less than a half-mile away from the food store.
Police said he displays symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and suffers from seizures.
It's the second time in nine months that Smith has been reported missing. He disappeared in August, but was found several days later.
His daughter, Kara Kavanaugh, told News4Jax on Friday that his disappearance is more concerning this time, considering his memory loss and frequent seizures.
"After three days with him, he goes into his seizure fits, and they don't come one or a couple hours later. He has them back to back to back," she said.
Kavanaugh said her father's caregiver felt Smith was healthy enough to walk a couple blocks to the store to buy scratch-off tickets. Now, his family is desperately looking for him, and has posted flyers with his photo around town.
And now after being missing since Thursday, Smith is now safe with his family.