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Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:20 AM

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Local 75-Year Old Knoxville Woman Found Safe Early Saturday After Going Missing Late Thursday

UPDATE: KCSO confirms Mary Williams was found safe early Saturday morning.

An officer with the University of Tennessee Police Department found her in a parking garage on Neyland Drive around 3 a.m. after she was involved in a minor single vehicle wreck. Police say she used an 'Emergency Blue Phone' that connects to UTPD Dispatch.

She appeared to be in good health and was uninjured.

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The Knox County Sheriff's Office asked for the public's help finding a missing woman from West Knox County Friday. 75-year-old Mary Carolyn Williams was last seen by her family around 11:00 p.m.Thursday at her home.

Williams was described as a white female, standing 5'2", weighing 110 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue pullover and blue pajama bottoms.

Williams is believed to be driving a 2012 white Subaru Outback with Tennessee license plate NPC511, with a Tennessee specialty tag.

Williams was said to have Alzheimer's.

Anyone with information about Williams' whereabouts is asked to contact the Knox County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit at 865-215-2243.