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Silver Alert canceled for Huntersville man, 87, who could be headed to Denver

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Authorities have canceled a Silver Alert they issued Tuesday morning for a missing and endangered man in Huntersville.

According to Huntersville police, William Charles McPike, 87, was reported missing from 10200 Hamptons Park Drive. Arbor Ridge at Huntersville, a retirement community, is at that same address.

Police believe McPike has dementia or another cognitive disability. He’s 6 feet tall with brown eyes and short, white hair. He weighs 207 pounds. When he went missing, police said McPike was last seen wearing a blue hat that says “NYPD,” a blue sweatshirt with bold white letters that read “gym n tonic,” a white t-shirt, dark jeans and dark-colored shoes.

Police believed he could have been heading to a home on Flat Rock Drive in Denver.

(WATCH BELOW: Search underway for missing 20-year-old man near Blue Ridge Parkway)