Albert and Cynthia Allen.Photo:Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
An elderly Florida couple were found dead after going missing shortly beforeHurricane Idaliamade landfall in Florida.
Albert Allen, 76, and his wife Cynthia, 73, were reported missing on Tuesday after a family member noticed that their car “was missing from their house on Star Road in Brooksville,” according to theHernando County Sheriff’s Office.
Albert was deaf and had dementia, while Cynthia was “partially paralyzed” following a recent stroke, the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook. Neither individual took their respective medications with them when they left home.
The Silver Alert for Albert and Cynthia was canceled Thursday morning after the couple was found dead in their green 2005 Saturn Relay minivan off of Powell Road in Brooksville.
Powell Road is about six miles south of the Allen’s home, according to theMiami Herald.
Albert’s phone pinged “within a 3-mile radius of Hernando Oaks, off U.S. 41 in Brooksville” during the search for the missing couple, according to the HCSO.
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Albert had also recently celebrated his birthday on Aug. 23, he added.
“Hopefully we gave the family some peace,” Tusconi said in the clip. “There won’t be closure, there never is, and this one hurts twice as bad because we have two victims.”
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating, according to the HCSO.
No confirmed hurricane-related deaths have been reported in Florida, though one has been reported in Georgia.
source: people.com
