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Authorities: Subject of Silver Alert committed suicide

A Moore County man who was the subject of a Silver Alert was found dead Friday morning of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

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Elijah Alexander Smith
WEST END, N.C. — A Moore County man who was the subject of a Silver Alert was found dead Friday morning of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert on Thursday for Elijah Alexander Smith, 74, who went missing from Lucas road in Seven Lakes.

Searchers found Smith's body in a wooded area across from Taylor Memorial Church, on Hoffman Road in Aberdeen, authorities said.

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