Silver Alert issued for missing Benson man
Posted January 20, 2011 12:01 p.m. EST
Updated January 20, 2011 12:03 p.m. EST
Benson, N.C. — The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert on Thursday morning for a missing Benson man.
Robert Louis Stephenson is believed to be suffering from dementia or some other cognitive impairment.
Stephenson, 82, is described as a white man, 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, with short white hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black pants and a black leather jacket.
He was driving a white 1994 Ford Aerostar van with North Carolina license plate ZWX-3010.
Anyone with information about Stephenson's whereabouts is asked to call Master Sgt. Gary Whitman of the Benson Police Department at 919-894-2091.