MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A missing couple deputies were searching for Tuesday were located safe later that afternoon on a cruise after a misunderstanding, WKMG reports.
Deputies said Wendall Crist, 93, and Joan Crist, 90, left an Ocala home over the weekend to meet family in South Florida but never arrived.
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The Marion County Sheriff’s Office later said the couple was found on a cruise. Deputies said the family meant to meet them before embarking on the Ft. Lauderdale cruise but reported them missing after they missed a voicemail from someone saying they had already got on.
They are safe and deputies want to thank the community for sharing and spreading the word.